Bakers and Basques : a social history of bread in Mexico /

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More than a book about bread, Bakers and Basques places food and labor at the center of the upheavals in Mexican history from independence to the aftermath of the Mexican Revolution.

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Weis, Robert, 1971-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press, ©2012.
Subjects:
Bakers > Political activity > Mexico > History.
Bakeries > Mexico > History.
Bread > Political aspects > Mexico > History.
Bread > Economic aspects > Mexico > History.
Bread industry > Mexico > History.
Pain > Aspect politique > Mexique > Histoire.
Pain > Aspect économique > Mexique > Histoire.
Boulangerie > Mexique > Histoire.
Bakeries
Bread industry
Economic history
Social conditions
Mexico > Economic conditions.
Mexico > Social conditions.
Mexique > Conditions économiques.
Mexique > Conditions sociales.
Mexico
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • "Zelo y desvelo" : the bread monopoly and late colonial market reforms
  • "A system that offends the hands of brothers" : small bakers and the free market in independent Mexico
  • "An uncle in America" : chain migration and the Spanish monopoly
  • "Dough kneaded with blood"
  • "We have no bread" : hunger, opportunity, and war
  • The bakers' revolution
  • Unionists, tlalchicholes, and canasteros.

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