Trading Roles - Gender, Ethnicity, and the Urban Economy in Colonial Potosi

Informationen zum Autor Jane E. Mangan Klappentext A social history of trade in a colonial city in Peru, arguing that markets, stores, and taverns were important sites of cultural creation and showing how the gender and ethnic identities of participants affected how they adapted to the market economy. Zusammenfassung A social history of trade in a colonial city in Peru! arguing that markets! stores! and taverns were important sites of cultural creation and showing how the gender and ethnic identities of participants affected how they adapted to the market economy. Inhaltsverzeichnis About the series vii Acknowledgments xi Introduction 1 1. “The Largest Population and the Most Commerce”: The Genesis of Potosi’s Urban Economy 21 2. Making Room to Sell: Location, Regulation, and the Properties of Urban Trade 48 3. Light on the Chicha, Heavy on the Bread: The Colonial Market for Brewing and Baking 76 4. The World of Credit in the City of Silver 106 5. Enterprising Women: Female Traders in the Urban Economy 134 6. ?Vale un Potosi? The Urban Marketplace in the Face of Decline, 1650–1700 161 Conclusion 178 Appendix 191 Notes 197 Glosary 251 Bibliography 255 Index 267

About the author

Jane E. Mangan is Assistant Professor of History at Davidson College in Davidson, North Carolina. She is the editor of Natural and Moral History of the Indies, by JosÉ de Acosta (also published by Duke University Press).

Product details

• Authors: Jane E. Mangan, Mangan, Jane E Mangan, Jane E. Mangan
• Publisher: Duke University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 17.05.2005
• EAN: 9780822334583
• ISBN: 978-0-8223-3458-3
• No. of pages: 296
• Dimensions: 159 mm x 235 mm x 25 mm
• Series: Latin America Otherwise; Latin America Otherwise: Langu; Latin America Otherwise; Latin America Otherwise: Langu
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Business > Economics