The making of a market : credit, henequen, and notaries in Yucatán, 1850-1900 /

The making of a market : credit, henequen, and notaries in Yucatán, 1850-1900 /

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Author / Creator:Levy, Juliette, 1968-
Imprint:University Park, Pa. : Pennsylvania State University Press, c2012.
Description:x, 164 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Language:English
Subject:
Credit -- Mexico -- Yucatán (State)
Notaries -- Mexico -- Yucatán (State) -- History -- 19th century.
Henequen (Plant) -- Mexico -- Yucatán (State)
Credit.
Economic history.
Henequen (Plant)
Notaries.
Yucatán (Mexico : State) -- Economic conditions -- 19th century.
Mexico -- Yucatán (State)
History.
Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8691995
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ISBN:9780271052137 (cloth : alk. paper)
0271052139 (cloth : alk. paper)
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:"Examines the functioning of credit markets in Mexico, through the agency of notaries, during the Yucatan region's nineteenth-century henequen export boom. Explores the mobilization of capital and the creation of credit markets before banks existed"--Provided by publisher.
Table of Contents:
  • List of Figures and Tables
  • Acknowledgments
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. The Local Becomes Global: From Caste War to Henequen Boom
  • 3. Usury, Ethnicity, and the Market: National Laws and Local Effects
  • 4. What Do Notaries Do? The Formal and Informal Roles of Notaries
  • 5. Credit the Wife: Marital Property Regimes and Credit Markets
  • 6. Monopoly, Continuity, and Change: The Case of José Anacleto Patró Zavalegui
  • 7. Conclusion
  • Appendix
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index
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