Jay Kinsbruner

Petty Capitalism In Spanish America

The Pulperos Of Puebla, Mexico City, Caracas, And Buenos Aires

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book describes how people of limited means within the Spanish American economy managed to get started and survive as entrepreneurs between 1750 and 1850. Based on ten years of research and a wide variety of primary and secondary sources, Professor Kinsbruner's cross-cultural profile of small retail grocers offers significant insights that cont

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge / Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 161
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 13mm x 148mm x 233mm
• Gewicht: 371g
• ISBN-13: 9780367282813
• Artikelnr.: 57005126

Autorenporträt

Jay Kinsbruner is professor of history at Queens College and at the graduate center of the City University of New York.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface -- Basic Characteristics -- The Grocers as Entrepreneurs -- Capitalization and Profitability -- Problems of Grocery Store Ownership -- Conclusion -- Personal Profiles -- The Pulperos of Caracas in 1816: A Microview -- The Mexico City Grocers as Real Property Owners -- Capitalization of Some San Juan Pulperías and Tiendas de Mercería -- Dellplain Latin American Studies Published by Westview Press

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Preface
Basic Characteristics
The Grocers as Entrepreneurs
Capitalization and Profitability
Problems of Grocery Store Ownership
Conclusion
Personal Profiles
The Pulperos of Caracas in 1816: A Microview
The Mexico City Grocers as Real Property Owners
Capitalization of Some San Juan Pulperías and Tiendas de Mercería
Dellplain Latin American Studies Published by Westview Press