Textiles and Capitalism in Mexico : : An Economic History of the Obrajes, 1539-1840 / / Richard J. Salvucci.
The obrajes, or native textile manufactories, were primary agents of developing capitalism in colonial Mexico. Drawing on previously unknown or unexplored archival sources, Richard Salvucci uses standard economic theory and simple measurement to analyze the obraje and its inability to survive Mexico...
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| Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton Legacy Lib. eBook Package 1980-1999 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2014] ©1988 |
| Year of Publication: | 2014 |
| Edition: | Course Book |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Princeton Legacy Library ;
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (266 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of Tables
- List of Maps. List of Figures
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- One. A Web of Weavers
- Two. Embrion de la Fabrica?
- Three. "Little Wealth and Considerable Debts"
- Four. "Nor More Servitude Than in Other Work"
- Five. A Business Much Diminished
- Epilogue
- Appendix: The Measurement of Cloth
- Glossary of Technical Terms
- Abbreviations in Notes
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index