| Silver Mining and Society in Colonial Mexico, Zacatecas 1546 1700 Revised Edition Contributor(s): Bakewell, P. J. (Author), Knight, Alan (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0521523125 ISBN-13: 9780521523127 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $60.79 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: August 2002 Annotation: An examination of silver mining and society in Colonial Mexico in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, concentrating upon Zacatecas, the centre of the principal silver-mining region. In the first half of the book, the author describes the discovery of the mines, the establishment of the town, its role in the northward advance of the Spanish occupation of Mexico, its administration, and the sources of its supplies of essential food and materials. The remainder of the book is devoted to an analysis of the mining industry of the Zacatecas district. The author discusses techniques, labour and raw materials. He also provides statistics for silver production, suggesting reasons for their fluctuation, and explores sources of capital for the industry. Based on detailed study of archives in both Spain and Mexico, Dr Bakewell is able to provide an entirely new chronology for the development of Zacatecas and the Mexican maining industry up to 1700. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Business & Economics | Industries - General - History | Latin America - General - History | Europe - Renaissance |
| Dewey: 338.274 |
| Series: Cambridge Latin American Studies |
| Physical Information: 0.74" H x 5.96" W x 8.68" (0.92 lbs) 316 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Latin America |