Le Yucatan dans les lettres consulaires de la France à Campêche (1832-1850)

This paper explores the economic, political and social situation in the Yucatan peninsula using the consular correspondence of the French legation maintained by the various consuls who occupied the post between 1832 and 1850 in Campeche port, localized in the Mexico Gulf: Renon, d´Hauterive, Faramon...

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Autor principal: Pascale Villegas
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:8e1d743aa7e04b629d08a5b8445fd5012021-12-02T10:30:53ZLe Yucatan dans les lettres consulaires de la France à Campêche (1832-1850)1626-025210.4000/nuevomundo.71908https://doaj.org/article/8e1d743aa7e04b629d08a5b8445fd5012018-02-01T00:00:00Zhttp://journals.openedition.org/nuevomundo/71908https://doaj.org/toc/1626-0252This paper explores the economic, political and social situation in the Yucatan peninsula using the consular correspondence of the French legation maintained by the various consuls who occupied the post between 1832 and 1850 in Campeche port, localized in the Mexico Gulf: Renon, d´Hauterive, Faramond and Laisné de Villevêque. The information presented into their letters to the successive plenipotentiaries’ ministers of France in Mexico. On one hand, this paper highlights the first impressions they emit and have a common and constant denominator: corruption and smuggling; on the other hand, the monopole of logwood exploitation divides an oligarchic merchant class and finally a peninsula always get into a fight where enemies depend on interest of their leaders.Pascale VillegasCentre de Recherches sur les Mondes Américainsarticleconsular lettersYucatan peninsulaCampechesmugglinglogwoodindigenousAnthropologyGN1-890Latin America. Spanish AmericaF1201-3799ENFRPTNuevo mundo - Mundos Nuevos (2018)
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language EN
FR
PT
topic consular letters
Yucatan peninsula
Campeche
smuggling
logwood
indigenous
Anthropology
GN1-890
Latin America. Spanish America
F1201-3799
spellingShingle consular letters
Yucatan peninsula
Campeche
smuggling
logwood
indigenous
Anthropology
GN1-890
Latin America. Spanish America
F1201-3799
Pascale Villegas
Le Yucatan dans les lettres consulaires de la France à Campêche (1832-1850)
description This paper explores the economic, political and social situation in the Yucatan peninsula using the consular correspondence of the French legation maintained by the various consuls who occupied the post between 1832 and 1850 in Campeche port, localized in the Mexico Gulf: Renon, d´Hauterive, Faramond and Laisné de Villevêque. The information presented into their letters to the successive plenipotentiaries’ ministers of France in Mexico. On one hand, this paper highlights the first impressions they emit and have a common and constant denominator: corruption and smuggling; on the other hand, the monopole of logwood exploitation divides an oligarchic merchant class and finally a peninsula always get into a fight where enemies depend on interest of their leaders.
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author Pascale Villegas
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title Le Yucatan dans les lettres consulaires de la France à Campêche (1832-1850)
title_short Le Yucatan dans les lettres consulaires de la France à Campêche (1832-1850)
title_full Le Yucatan dans les lettres consulaires de la France à Campêche (1832-1850)
title_fullStr Le Yucatan dans les lettres consulaires de la France à Campêche (1832-1850)
title_full_unstemmed Le Yucatan dans les lettres consulaires de la France à Campêche (1832-1850)
title_sort le yucatan dans les lettres consulaires de la france à campêche (1832-1850)
publisher Centre de Recherches sur les Mondes Américains
publishDate 2018
url https://doaj.org/article/8e1d743aa7e04b629d08a5b8445fd501
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