AGOTADO EN ESTE MOMENTO

Cambridge Latin American Studies: Haciendas and Ranchos in the Mexican Bajío - León, 1700-1860 by David Brading (1979, Hardcover)

During the eighteenth century the Bajio emerged from its frontier condition to become the pace-maker of the Mexican economy. Silver mining boomed and population increased rapidly. It is the aim of this book to examine the impact of these dramatic changes on the structure of agricultural production and the pattern of rural society. In his Miners and Merchants in Bourbon Mexico 1763-1810 (Cambridge Latin American Studies 10) Dr Grading demonstrated how the local entrepreneurial elite accumulated vast fortunes during the mining bonanza at Guanajuato. In this present work he describes how many of the same men invested their capital in the purchase and improvement of haciendas in the nearby district of Leon. The countryside was transformed as wasteland was cleared for ploughing, or was irrigated.

Author
David Brading
Publication Name
Haciendas and Ranchos in the Mexican Bajío-León, 1700-1860
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Subject
Europe / Renaissance, Industries / Agribusiness, Latin America / General
Publication Year
1979
Series
Cambridge Latin American Studies
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Business & Economics, History
Number of Pages
268 Pages

LCCN
77-090203
Series Volume Number
Series Number 32
Lc Classification Number
Hd330.L46 B7
Table of Content
1. Introduction: the Mexican hacienda; 2. The Bajio; 3. Population; 4. The structure of agricultural production; 5. Profits and rents: three haciendas; 6. Landlords; 7. Rancheros; 8. Agricultural prices and the demographic crises; 9. Epilogue: agrarian reform 1919-40.
Copyright Date
1978
Target Audience
Scholarly & Professional
Illustrated
Yes

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