Politics and trade in southern Mexico, 1750-1821
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Politics and trade in southern Mexico, 1750-1821
（Cambridge Latin American studies, 12）
Cambridge University Press, 2008, c1971
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"First published 1971. This digitallyprinted version 2008"--T.p. verso
"Paperback re-issue"--Back cover
Based on the author's thesis, Cambridge
Bibliography: p. 190-197
Includes index
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Description
The province of Oaxaca in southern Mexico was one of the main sources of Spanish wealth during the colonial period. The largely indigenous population supplied dyes and cotton for the Spanish merchants trading both with Spain and within Mexico itself. Much of the trade was conducted in violation of the Laws of the Indies and the royal decrees. The present study traces the struggles of the Spanish Metropolitan Government and the local episcopal authorities in Oaxaca to secure observation of the law. The effects of the eighteenth-century Bourbon reforms and of the Mexican Independence movement of 1810-21 are discussed. Brian Hamnett has based his study on archival sources in Seville and Mexico and provides statistical information in both the text and appendices. In addition the author has supplied detailed information concerning individuals - administrators, merchants, landowners, clerics - involved in politics and commerce.
Table of Contents
- Introduction
- 1. Oaxaca - environment and trade
- 2. The struggle for control of trade
- 3. The problem of reform, 1768-1786
- 4. Reform and reality - the crisis of the subdelegations in the 1790s
- 5. The Galvez Plan under fire, 1786-1804
- 6. Finance, trade and the merchants, 1789-1808
- 7. The political crisis of 1808-1821
- 8. Conclusion - Oaxaca within the context of Mexican politics
- Glossary
- Appendices
- Bibliography
- Maps
- Index.
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