| Indians, Merchants, and Markets: A Reinterpretation of the Repartimiento and Spanish-Indian Economic Relations in Colonial Oaxaca, 1750-1821 Contributor(s): Baskes, Jeremy (Author) |
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ISBN: 0804735123 ISBN-13: 9780804735124 Publisher: Stanford University Press OUR PRICE: $76.00 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: December 2000 Annotation: " Indians, Merchants, and Markets is an important, well-researched addition to the small but growing literature on the repartimiento." -- The Americas " His keen analysis of the Oaxacan case requires any future scholar of this subject to take his work into account." -- American Historical Review |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Latin America - Mexico - History | World - General |
| Dewey: 338.476 |
| LCCN: 00039489 |
| Lexile Measure: 1590 |
| Series: Social Science History |
| Physical Information: 0.88" H x 6" W x 9" (1.43 lbs) 328 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1800-1850 - Chronological Period - 18th Century - Cultural Region - Mexican |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Challenging the conventional portrayal of Indian-Spanish economic relations in Mexico, this book argues that Indian market behavior was economically rational and voluntary. It further argues that the repartimiento de mercancías, usually described as a system of forced labor and consumption, was designed to overcome imperfections in Mexico's colonial economy and to facilitate the extension of credit. |