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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mangan, Jane E., 1969-

Series:

e-Duke books scholarly collection.

Latin America otherwise.

Latin America otherwise

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

Sex role.

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

Potosí (Bolivia)--Commerce--History--16th century.

Potosí (Bolivia).

Potosí (Bolivia)--Commerce--History--17th century.

Potosí (Bolivia)--Ethnic relations--History--16th century.

Potosí (Bolivia)--Ethnic relations--History--17th century.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (293 p.)

Place of Publication:

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

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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.

Contents:

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.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

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

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 12. Dez 2020)

ISBN:

9780822386667

0822386666

OCLC:

226068366