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An examination of silver mining and society in Colonial Mexico in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, concentrating upon Zacatecas, the centre of the principal silver-mining region. In the first half of the book, the author describes the discovery of the mines, the establishment of the town, its role in the northward advance of the Spanish occupation of Mexico, its administration, and the sources of its supplies of essential food and materials. The remainder of the book is devoted to an analysis of the mining industry of the Zacatecas district. The author discusses techniques, labour and raw materials. He also provides statistics for silver production, suggesting reasons for their fluctuation, and explores sources of capital for the industry. Based on detailed study of archives in both Spain and Mexico, Dr Bakewell is able to provide an entirely new chronology for the development of Zacatecas and the Mexican maining industry up to 1700.
Silver mines and mining --- Zacatecas (Mexico : State) --- Social conditions --- History --- -Mines and mineral resources --- -Zacatecas (Mexico : State) --- -History --- Social conditions. --- History. --- Mines and mineral resources --- Estado de Zacatecas (Mexico) --- Free and Sovereign State of Zacatecas (Mexico) --- Estado Libre y Soberano de Zacatecas (Mexico) --- Arts and Humanities --- Silver mines and mining - Mexico - Zacatecas (State) --- Zacatecas (Mexico : State) - Social conditions --- Zacatecas (Mexico : State) - History
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Aztecs --- Aztèques --- Antiquities. --- Antiquités --- Zacatecas (Mexico : State) --- Zacatecas (Mexique : État) --- Description and travel. --- Descriptions et voyages --- Aztèques --- Antiquités --- Zacatecas (Mexique : État) --- Indians of Mexico --- Indians of North America --- Indigenous peoples --- Meso-America --- Meso-American Indians --- Mesoamerica --- Mesoamerican Indians --- Pre-Columbian Indians --- Precolumbian Indians --- Ethnology --- Antiquities --- Mexico --- Quemada Site (Mexico) --- La Quemada Site (Mexico) --- Estado de Zacatecas (Mexico) --- Free and Sovereign State of Zacatecas (Mexico) --- Estado Libre y Soberano de Zacatecas (Mexico)
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Environmental health --- Water-supply --- Silver mines and mining --- Public health --- History. --- Health aspects --- Environmental aspects --- Zacatecas (Mexico : State) --- Environmental conditions. --- Community health --- Health services --- Hygiene, Public --- Hygiene, Social --- Public health services --- Public hygiene --- Social hygiene --- Health --- Human services --- Biosecurity --- Health literacy --- Medicine, Preventive --- National health services --- Sanitation --- Mines and mineral resources --- Availability, Water --- Water availability --- Water resources --- Natural resources --- Public utilities --- Water resources development --- Water utilities --- Environmental quality --- Health ecology --- Environmental engineering --- Health risk assessment --- Estado de Zacatecas (Mexico) --- Free and Sovereign State of Zacatecas (Mexico) --- Estado Libre y Soberano de Zacatecas (Mexico)
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Célèbre pour ses mines d’argent, la région de Zacatecas connaît à partir de la fin du xviie siècle un renouveau de ses activités économiques. Une dynamique sociale originale accompagne cette reprise minière exceptionnelle : celle de l’immigrant espagnol, hidalgo parfois désargenté, venu en Nouvelle- Espagne sans autre bagage que son ambition voire ses relations familiales, qui s’enrichit, devient un grand propriétaire terrien et va jusqu’à acquérir un titre de noblesse. F. Langue analyse ces relations entre la conjoncture de l’exploitation minière et l’évolution sociale. Elle met en valeur la dualité des personnages qui tirent profit de la situation : ils sont modernes du point de vue économique, et peuvent être rapprochés de l’“entrepreneur” au sens de J.-B. Say mais ils se caractérisent aussi sur le plan social par des comportements que l’on peut qualifier de “seigneuriaux” (liens personnels, systèmes de clientèles). Et il n’est pas surprenant de constater que le type social ainsi créé perdure tout au long du dix-neuvième siècle mexicain, constituant ainsi un exemple d’inscription de mentalités dans la longue durée.
Mineral industries --- Mines --- Haciendas --- Patronage politique --- History. --- Social aspects --- Industrie --- Histoire --- Zacatecas (Mexico : State) --- Zacatecas (Mexique ; Etat) --- Social conditions. --- Conditions sociales --- Clientèle politique --- Clientélisme (politique) --- Favoritisme --- Patron et client --- Corruption politique --- Pratiques politiques --- Estancias --- Fazendas --- Fundos --- Latifundia --- Grandes exploitations agricoles --- Plantations --- Propriété foncière --- Extractive industries --- Extractive industry --- Metal industries --- Mines and mining --- Mining --- Mining industry --- Mining industry and finance --- Industries --- Mexique (nord) --- Mexique --- Estado de Zacatecas (Mexico) --- Free and Sovereign State of Zacatecas (Mexico) --- Estado Libre y Soberano de Zacatecas (Mexico) --- États --- mine --- extraction --- argent --- condition économique --- classe supérieure
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