The Making of a Market - Credit, Henequen, and Notaries in Yucatán, 1850–1900

About the author

Juliette Levy is Associate Professor of History at the University of California, Riverside.

Summary

Examines the functioning of credit markets in Mexico, through the agency of notaries, during the Yucatan region’s nineteenth-century henequen export boom. Explores the mobilization of capital and the creation of credit markets before banks existed.

Product details

• Authors: Juliette (UC Riverside) Levy, Levy Juliette
• Publisher: University Presses
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 15.03.2012
• EAN: 9780271052144
• ISBN: 978-0-271-05214-4
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 12 mm
• Weight: 272 g
• Illustrations: Schaubilder
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography; Mexico, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Economy, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Regional Studies, HISTORY / Latin America / Mexico, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Commerce, Regional Studies, History of the Americas, Domestic trade