{"product_id":"haciendas-and-ranchos-in-the-mexican-bajio-leon-1700-1860-paperback-9780521102360","title":"Haciendas and Ranchos in the Mexican Bajío; León 1700–1860 (Paperback \/ softback) 9780521102360","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eHaciendas and Ranchos in the Mexican Bajío\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eLeón 1700–1860\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eDuring the eighteenth century the Bajio emerged from its frontier condition to become the pace-maker of the Mexican economy.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eDavid Brading (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521102360, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 12 March 2009\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e280 pages\u003cbr\u003e21.6 x 14 x 1.6 cm, 0.36 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eDuring the eighteenth century the Bajio emerged from its frontier condition to become the pace-maker of the Mexican economy. Silver mining boomed and population increased rapidly. It is the aim of this book to examine the impact of these dramatic changes on the structure of agricultural production and the pattern of rural society. In his Miners and Merchants in Bourbon Mexico 1763–1810 (Cambridge Latin American Studies 10) Dr Grading demonstrated how the local entrepreneurial elite accumulated vast fortunes during the mining bonanza at Guanajuato. In this present work he describes how many of the same men invested their capital in the purchase and improvement of haciendas in the nearby district of Leon. The countryside was transformed as wasteland was cleared for ploughing, or was irrigated.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e1. Introduction: the Mexican hacienda\u003cbr\u003e 2. The Bajio\u003cbr\u003e 3. Population\u003cbr\u003e 4. The structure of agricultural production\u003cbr\u003e 5. Profits and rents: three haciendas\u003cbr\u003e 6. Landlords\u003cbr\u003e 7. Rancheros\u003cbr\u003e 8. Agricultural prices and the demographic crises\u003cbr\u003e 9. Epilogue: agrarian reform 1919–40.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: General \u0026amp; world history [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on General \u0026amp; world history\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22General%20\u0026amp;%20world%20history%20%5BHBG%5D%22\"\u003eHBG\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46006404055320,"sku":"9780521102360","price":31.79,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521102360i_d68d5d89-a05d-4f5c-8c60-30073b31326d.jpg?v=1694970830","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/haciendas-and-ranchos-in-the-mexican-bajio-leon-1700-1860-paperback-9780521102360","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}