Navarrete Gómez, Carlos David (2000) Agriculture and society in Central Mexico : the Valley of Tulancingo in the late colonial period (1700-1825). PhD thesis, University of Warwick.

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Abstract

This study provides a first approach to the economic and social history of the
Valley of Tulancingo in the late colonial period. In examining the development of
this agricultural area of central Mexico, the author discusses the broader
transformations that affected the country as a whole during the eighteenth and
early nineteenth centuries: population growth, migration, urbanization, and the
commercialization of agriculture. On this score, the study participates in the
current debate on the best way to characterize the Mexican agricultural sector at
the end of the colonial rule. Most modern historiography tends to emphasize that
demographic growth transformed the traditional balance between population
and resources and was a major cause of economic and social disruption in the
countryside. The author combines new evidence with recent findings from the
specialist literature, to argue that Tulancingo fully participated in the roster of
economic and social changes of the period. The work begins with a description of
Tulancingo's population trends and an analysis of the spatial distribution of the
population. It goes on with an analysis of the Valley's agricultural economy,
describing the complementary rural elements of Indian communities and
haciendas, and examining a series of related transformations in landholding,
marketing, and social relations. This study will be of interest to anyone
concerned with Mexican economic and social history, or the history of
agriculture.

Item Type:	Thesis (PhD)
Subjects:	F History United States, Canada, Latin America > F1201 Latin America (General)
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH):	Mexico -- Economic conditions -- 18th century, Mexico -- History -- 18th century, Mexico -- Social conditions -- 18th century, Agriculture -- Mexico
Official Date:	February 2000
Institution:	University of Warwick
Theses Department:	Department of History
Thesis Type:	PhD
Publication Status:	Unpublished
Supervisor(s)/Advisor:	Thomson, Guy P. C., 1949-
Sponsors:	Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología (Mexico) ; Centro de Investigaciones y Estudios Superiores en Antropología Social (Mexico)
Extent:	vi, 223 leaves
Language:	eng

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