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

• Autore: Mangan Jane E. <1969->
• Pubblicazione: Durham [N.C.], : Duke University Press, 2005
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (293 p.)
• Disciplina: 381/.0984/14
• Soggetto topico: Sex role - Economic aspects - Bolivia - Potosi - History - 16th century; Sex role - Economic aspects - Bolivia - Potosi - History - 17th century
• Soggetto geografico: Potosí (Bolivia) Commerce History 16th century; Potosí (Bolivia) Commerce History 17th century; Potosí (Bolivia) Ethnic relations History 16th century; Potosí (Bolivia) Ethnic relations History 17th century
• 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Trading roles
• ISBN: 9780822386667; 0822386666
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910959221503321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: e-Duke books scholarly collection.; Latin America otherwise.