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Author Mangan, Jane E., 1969- author.

Title Trading roles : gender, ethnicity, and the urban economy in colonial Potosí / Jane E. Mangan
Published Durham [N.C.] : Duke University Press, 2005

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Description 1 online resource (277 pages) : illustrations, maps
Series Latin America otherwise
Latin America otherwise.
e-Duke books scholarly collection.
Contents The largest population and the most commerce -- Making room to sell -- Light on the chicha, heavy on the bread: the colonial market for brewing and baking -- The world of credit in the city of silver -- Enterprising women -- Vale un Potosí?: the urban marketplace in the face of decline, 1650-1700
Summary A social history of trade in a colonial city in Peru, arguing that markets, stores, & taverns were important sites of cultural creation and showing how the gender and ethnic identities of participants affected how they adapted to the market economy
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 255-266) and index
Notes Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL
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Subject Sex role -- Economic aspects -- Bolivia -- Potosí -- History -- 16th century
Sex role -- Economic aspects -- Bolivia -- Potosí -- History -- 17th century
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Commerce.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Marketing -- General.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Sales & Selling -- General.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Economic History.
Commerce
Ethnic relations
Sex role -- Economic aspects
Geschlechterrolle
Handel
Potosí (Bolivia) -- Commerce -- History -- 16th century
Potosí (Bolivia) -- Commerce -- History -- 17th century
Potosí (Bolivia) -- Ethnic relations -- History -- 16th century
Potosí (Bolivia) -- Ethnic relations -- History -- 17th century
Bolivia -- Potosí
Potosí
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780822386667
0822386666