The making of a market : credit, henequen, and notaries in Yucatán, 1850-1900 /

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During the nineteenth century, Yucatán moved effectively from its colonial past into modernity, transforming from a cattle-ranching and subsistence-farming economy to a booming export-oriented agricultural economy. Yucatán and its economy grew in response to increasing demand from the United State...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Levy, Juliette, 1968-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: University Park, Pa. : Pennsylvania State University Press, ©2012.
Subjects:
1800-1899
Credit > Mexico > Yucatán (State)
Notaries > Mexico > Yucatán (State) > History > 19th century.
Henequen (Plant) > Mexico > Yucatán (State)
Crédit > Mexique > Yucatán (État)
Henequen > Mexique > Yucatán (État)
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Finance.
HISTORY > Latin America > Mexico.
Credit
Economic history
Henequen (Plant)
Notaries
Yucatán (Mexico : State) > Economic conditions > 19th century.
Yucatán (Mexique : État) > Conditions économiques > 19e siècle.
Mexico > Yucatán (State)
Multi-User.
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • The local becomes global : from caste war to Henequen boom
  • Usury, ethnicity, and the market : national laws and local effects
  • What do notaries do? : the formal and informal roles of notaries
  • Credit the wife : marital property regimes and credit markets
  • Monopoly, continuity, and change : the case of Jos' Anacleto Patren Zavalegui.

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