POLITICS AND TRADE IN MEXICO 1750-1821 by Brian R. Hamnett ( 9780521100205 )

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POLITICS AND TRADE IN MEXICO 1750-1821

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Brian R. Hamnett

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CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS

Pub. date:

18 January, 2009

Series:

Cambridge Latin American Studies 12

Pages:

228

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Brian Hamnett has based his study on archival sources in Seville and Mexico.

Synopsis:

The province of Oaxaca in southern Mexico was one of the main sources of Spanish wealth during the colonial period. The largely indigenous population supplied dyes and cotton for the Spanish merchants trading both with Spain and within Mexico itself. Much of the trade was conducted in violation of the Laws of the Indies and the royal decrees. The present study traces the struggles of the Spanish Metropolitan Government and the local episcopal authorities in Oaxaca to secure observation of the law. The effects of the eighteenth-century Bourbon reforms and of the Mexican Independence movement of 1810-21 are discussed. Brian Hamnett has based his study on archival sources in Seville and Mexico and provides statistical information in both the text and appendices. In addition the author has supplied detailed information concerning individuals - administrators, merchants, landowners, clerics - involved in politics and commerce.

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