Silver mining and society in colonial Mexico: Zacatecas, 1546-1700 /

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, it...

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Main Author: Bakewell, P. J. 1943- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 1971.
Series:Cambridge Latin American studies ; 15.
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