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Indians, Merchants, and Markets : A Reinterpretation of the Repartimiento and Spanish-Indian Economic Relations in Colonial Oaxaca, 1750-1821
Overview
Challenging the conventional portrayal of Indian-Spanish economic relations in Mexico, this book argues that Indian market behavior was economically rational and voluntary. It further argues that the repartimiento de mercanc as, usually described as a system of forced labor and consumption, was designed to overcome imperfections in Mexico's colonial economy and to facilitate the extension of credit.
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- ISBN-13: 9780804735124
- ISBN-10: 0804735123
- Publisher: Stanford University Press
- Publish Date: December 2000
- Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 0.88 inches
- Shipping Weight: 1.43 pounds
- Page Count: 328
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