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Record Nr.

UNINA9910829867303321

Autore

Endfield Georgina H.

Titolo

Climate and society in colonial Mexico : a study in vulnerability / / Georgina H. Endfield

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Malden, Massachusetts : , : Blackwell Publishing, , 2008

©2008

ISBN

0-470-71257-0

0-470-71279-1

9786611840631

1-281-84063-7

1-4443-9933-0

Descrizione fisica

ix, 235 p. : ill., maps

Collana

RGS-IBG book series

Disciplina

304.2/50972

Soggetti

Human ecology - Mexico - History

Water-supply - Mexico - History

Subsistence economy - Mexico - History

Mexico Environmental conditions

Mexico History Spanish colony, 1540-1810

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

A vulnerable society -- Climate, culture and conquest : north, south and central Mexico in the pre-European and contact period -- Exploring the anatomy of vulnerability in colonial Mexico -- Responding to crisis : vulnerability and adaptive capacity in colonial Mexico -- Dearth, deluge and disputes : negotiating and litigating water and climate in colonial Mexico -- Illusory prosperity : economic growth and subsistence crisis in the disastrous eighteenth century -- Regional, national and global dimensions of vulnerability and crisis in colonial Mexico.