The allure of the foreign : imported goods in postcolonial Latin America / edited by Benjamin Orlove.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Orlove, Benjamin S.

Series:

Linking levels of analysis

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Consumption (Economics)--Latin America--History.

Consumption (Economics).

Imports--Latin America--History.

Imports.

Consumer goods--Latin America--History.

Consumer goods.

History.

Latin America.

Physical Description:

viii, 226 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, [1997]

Contents:

Giving importance to imports / Benjamin Orlove and Arnold J. Bauer

Changing consumption patterns and everyday life in two Peruvian regions : food, dress, and housing in the central and southern highlands (1820-1920) / Thomas Krüggeler

From benches to sofas : diversification patterns of consumption in San José (1857-1861) / Patricia Vega Jiménez

Foreign cloth in the lowland frontier : commerce and consumption of textiles in Bolivia, 1830-1930 / Eric D. Langer

Chile in the belle epoque : primitive producers, civilized consumers / Benjamin Orlove and Arnold J. Bauer

Imports and standards of justice on the Mexico-United States border / Josiah McC. Heyman

Building from migration : imported design and everyday use of migrant houses in Mexico / Peri L. Fletcher.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 203-214) and index.

ISBN:

0472106643

OCLC:

35849042