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Winner of the 1990 Best Book Award from the New England Council on Latin American StudiesThis study of Bolivia uses Cochabamba as a laboratory to examine the long-term transformation of native Andean society into a vibrant Quechua-Spanish-mestizo region of haciendas and smallholdings, towns and villages, peasant markets and migratory networks caught in the web of Spanish imperial politics and economics. Combining economic, social, and ethnohistory, Brooke Larson shows how the contradictions of class and colonialism eventually gave rise to new peasant, artisan, and laboring groups that challenged the evolving structures of colonial domination. Originally published in 1988, this expanded edition includes a new final chapter that explores the book’s implications for understanding the formation of a distinctive peasant political culture in the Cochabamba valleys over the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.

Agriculture -- Economic aspects -- Bolivia -- Cochabamba Region -- History. --- Cochabamba Region (Bolivia) -- Politics and government. --- Cochabamba Region (Bolivia) -- Rural conditions. --- Mercantile system -- Bolivia -- Cochabamba Region -- History. --- Peasants -- Bolivia -- Cochabamba Region -- History. --- Agriculture --- Peasants --- Mercantile system --- History --- Economic aspects

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"Major compilation of historical and anthropological articles focuses on the nature of markets and exchange structures in the Andes. Prominent scholars explore Andean participation in the European market structure, the influence of migration in changing ethnic boundaries and spheres of exchange, and the politics of market exchange during the colonial period. Larson's introduction places articles within the context of Andean economic systems, while Harris concludes with an appreciation of the relationships between mestizo and indigenous ethnic identities in the context of market relations. Both introduction and conclusion lend a greater coherence to this carefully-crafted and monumental volume"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 57.

Indians of South America --- Economic history. --- Ethnohistory --- Mercantile system --- Commerce --- Economic conditions. --- Migrations. --- History. --- Andes Region