The Möbius strip : a spatial history of colonial society in Guerrero, Mexico / Jonathan D. Amith.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Amith, Jonathan D.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Grain trade.

History.

Migration, Internal.

Land tenure.

Land settlement.

Guerrero (Mexico : State)--Economic conditions.

Guerrero (Mexico : State).

Guerrero (Mexico : State)--Colonization.

Land settlement--Mexico--Guerrero (State)--History.

Land tenure--Mexico--Guerrero (State)--History.

Migration, Internal--Mexico--Guerrero (State)--History.

Guerrero (Mexico : State)--Commerce--History.

Grain trade--Mexico--Guerrero (State)--History.

Mexico--Guerrero (State).

Physical Description:

xvii, 661 pages : illustrations, maps, genealogical tables ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, 2005.

Summary:

"The Mö bius Strip" is an extensively researched study of the complex transformation of space- from the spatial politics of the state to the spatial practices of peasants- during three centuries of colonial rule in Mexico.

Contents:

Terrain and territoriality: the natural and social context of land and property. The lay of the land ; The law of the land: crown policy and Iberian custom in the colonization of New Spain

Eppur si muove! The dynamics of economic transformation in rural central Guerrero. Land acquisition during the early colonial period ; Hacienda formation and market structure: landholding in north- and south-central Guerrero ; Place making and place breaking: migration and the development cycle of community ; The politics of economy and space: Interjurisdictional migration in to the Iguala Valley ; Spaces of capital and commerce: rural society and the interregional economy of central Guerrero ; The transformation of rural society: commercial capital and the monopolization of resources

Absolute property and spatial politics: struggles for control over grain tin the late colonial period. The political and moral economy of subsistence:: state control of grain markets ; Seeds of discord and discontent: grain, regionalism, and emerging class conflict.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [569]-610) and index.

ISBN:

0804748934

OCLC:

57577447