The Aztec economic world : merchants and markets in ancient Mesoamerica /

The first discussion of Aztec economy to include cross-cultural comparisons with other ancient and premodern societies around the world.

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Hirth, Kenn (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2016.
Subjects:
To 1500
Aztecs > Economic conditions.
Aztecs > Commerce.
Merchants > Mexico > History > To 1500.
Indians of Mexico > Economic conditions.
Indians of Mexico > Commerce > History > To 1500.
Aztèques > Conditions économiques.
Aztèques > Commerce.
Peuples autochtones > Mexique > Conditions économiques.
HISTORY > Latin America > Mexico.
Aztecs > Commerce
Aztecs > Economic conditions
Indians of Mexico > Commerce
Indians of Mexico > Economic conditions
Merchants
Mexico
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction to the Aztec economic world
  • The structure of Mesoamerican economy
  • The Mesoamerican marketplace
  • Merchants, profit and the Precolumbian world
  • Often invisible: domestic entrepreneurs in Mesoamerican commerce
  • The professional retail merchants
  • Merchant communities and Pochteca vanguard merchants
  • The tools of the trade and the mechanics of commerce
  • Conclusions
  • Glossary of Nahuatl and early Colonial Spanish terms.

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