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Record Nr.

UNINA9910823616703321

Autore

Mangan Jane E. <1969->

Titolo

Trading roles : gender, ethnicity, and the urban economy in colonial Potosi / / Jane E. Mangan

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Durham [N.C.], : Duke University Press, 2005

ISBN

0-8223-8666-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (293 p.)

Collana

Latin America otherwise

Disciplina

381/.0984/14

Soggetti

Sex role - Economic aspects - Bolivia - Potosi - History - 16th century

Sex role - Economic aspects - Bolivia - Potosi - History - 17th century

Potosi (Bolivia) Commerce History 16th century

Potosi (Bolivia) Commerce History 17th century

Potosi (Bolivia) Ethnic relations History 16th century

Potosi (Bolivia) Ethnic relations History 17th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [255]-266) and index.

Nota di contenuto

The largest population and the most commerce -- Making room to sell -- Light on the chicha, heavy on the bread: the colonial market for brewing and baking -- The world of credit in the city of silver -- Enterprising women -- Vale un Potosi?: the urban marketplace in the face of decline, 1650-1700.

Sommario/riassunto

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.