Plata y sociedad regional. Reales de minas pequeños en la Nueva España, siglos XVI – XVIII: Entre lo rural y lo urbano

This essay deals with the small mining centers like Sultepec, Taxco and others, located south of Mexico City, during the Colonial period; some were located far from the main trading routes. The marginality is described, the social inequality, the importance of the miner- ranchers, and the way the mi...

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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:b5d70c4ccf5b4517ada784638d736c0b2021-12-02T10:31:19ZPlata y sociedad regional. Reales de minas pequeños en la Nueva España, siglos XVI – XVIII: Entre lo rural y lo urbano1626-025210.4000/nuevomundo.67733https://doaj.org/article/b5d70c4ccf5b4517ada784638d736c0b2015-03-01T00:00:00Zhttp://journals.openedition.org/nuevomundo/67733https://doaj.org/toc/1626-0252This essay deals with the small mining centers like Sultepec, Taxco and others, located south of Mexico City, during the Colonial period; some were located far from the main trading routes. The marginality is described, the social inequality, the importance of the miner- ranchers, and the way the mining enterprises used the native inhabitants as local suppliers. The social and political context permitted the rentability of the mining enterprises lowering the costs of some salaries and local products. This essay proposes that the idea that the mining industry was the “motor of the economy” has to be analyzed with care, considering those sectors that were benefited and those who were not.Brígida von MentzCentre de Recherches sur les Mondes AméricainsarticleTaxcoSultepecmarginalitysocial inequalitymotor of the economyAnthropologyGN1-890Latin America. Spanish AmericaF1201-3799ENFRPTNuevo mundo - Mundos Nuevos (2015)
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FR
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topic Taxco
Sultepec
marginality
social inequality
motor of the economy
Anthropology
GN1-890
Latin America. Spanish America
F1201-3799
spellingShingle Taxco
Sultepec
marginality
social inequality
motor of the economy
Anthropology
GN1-890
Latin America. Spanish America
F1201-3799
Brígida von Mentz
Plata y sociedad regional. Reales de minas pequeños en la Nueva España, siglos XVI – XVIII: Entre lo rural y lo urbano
description This essay deals with the small mining centers like Sultepec, Taxco and others, located south of Mexico City, during the Colonial period; some were located far from the main trading routes. The marginality is described, the social inequality, the importance of the miner- ranchers, and the way the mining enterprises used the native inhabitants as local suppliers. The social and political context permitted the rentability of the mining enterprises lowering the costs of some salaries and local products. This essay proposes that the idea that the mining industry was the “motor of the economy” has to be analyzed with care, considering those sectors that were benefited and those who were not.
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author Brígida von Mentz
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title Plata y sociedad regional. Reales de minas pequeños en la Nueva España, siglos XVI – XVIII: Entre lo rural y lo urbano
title_short Plata y sociedad regional. Reales de minas pequeños en la Nueva España, siglos XVI – XVIII: Entre lo rural y lo urbano
title_full Plata y sociedad regional. Reales de minas pequeños en la Nueva España, siglos XVI – XVIII: Entre lo rural y lo urbano
title_fullStr Plata y sociedad regional. Reales de minas pequeños en la Nueva España, siglos XVI – XVIII: Entre lo rural y lo urbano
title_full_unstemmed Plata y sociedad regional. Reales de minas pequeños en la Nueva España, siglos XVI – XVIII: Entre lo rural y lo urbano
title_sort plata y sociedad regional. reales de minas pequeños en la nueva españa, siglos xvi – xviii: entre lo rural y lo urbano
publisher Centre de Recherches sur les Mondes Américains
publishDate 2015
url https://doaj.org/article/b5d70c4ccf5b4517ada784638d736c0b
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