
Textiles and Capitalism in Mexico
An Economic History of the Obrajes, 1539-1840
- 266 pages
- English
- PDF
- Available on iOS & Android
About this book
The obrajes, or native textile manufactories, were primary agents of developing capitalism in colonial Mexico. Drawing on previously unknown or unexplored archival sources, Richard Salvucci uses standard economic theory and simple measurement to analyze the obraje and its inability to survive Mexico's integration into the world market after 1790.
Originally published in 1988.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Contents
- List of Tables
- List of Maps
- List of Figures
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- 1: A Web of Weavers
- 2: Embrión de la Fábrica?
- 3: "Little Wealth and Considerable Debts"
- 4: "Nor More Servitude Than in Other Work"
- 5: A Business Much Diminished
- Epilogue
- Appendix: The Measurement of Cloth
- Glossary of Technical Terms
- Abbreviations in Notes
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index