The bewitchment of silver : the social economy of mining in nineteenth-century Peru / José R. Deustua.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Deustua, José.

Series:

Monographs in international studies. Latin America series ; no. 31

Monographs in international studies. The bewitchment of silver

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Silver mines and mining--Peru--History--19th century.

Silver mines and mining.

Silver miners--Peru--History--19th century.

Silver miners.

Peru--Economic conditions--19th century.

Peru.

Silver mines and mining--History--19th century--Peru.

Silver miners--History--19th century--Peru.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xvi, 290 p. ) ill., maps ;

Place of Publication:

Athens, OH : Ohio University Press, 2000.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"Mining was crucial for the development of nineteenth-century Peru. Silver mining in particular was a key not only to the export sector but also to the creation of an internal market and national development. The Bewitchment of Silver is an inquiry into the impact of that mineral on a national economy in a country at the periphery of nineteenth-century capitalism. Jose Deustua argues that developing countries, such as Peru, must be understood in terms of achieving domestic development as well as in their role in generating foreign exchange and in linking themselves to the world economy.

Focusing on the different sectors of mining production in nineteenth-century Peru - the mines, mine owners and mine workers, the transportation networks and the use of muleteers, the introduction of the railroad system since the 1850s - this study is equally concerned with market-building and domestic development in Latin America."--Jacket.

Contents:

Mining Production in Nineteenth-Century Peru: Queen Silver, Prince Copper

Mines, Mineowners, and Mine Workers: Mining as Social System and as Market

Transportation and Trade: Merchants, Muleteers, and a Railroad to Come

Railroads and Muleteering: Coexistence and Conflict

Conclusions: Mining and National Development.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 251-286) and index.

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

ISBN:

9780821440438

0821440438