Free and unfree labour in the colonial Andes in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries

This article analyses free and unfree labour in mining centres in the Andes during early Spanish colonial times. It focuses on two themes: the condition of indigenous or "native" people as "free labourers", and the mita system of unfree labour. For that purpose I shall consider t...

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Detalhes bibliográficos
Autor: Gil Montero, Raquel
Formato: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2011
País:Argentina
Recursos:Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas
Repositorio:CONICET Digital (CONICET)
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:ri.conicet.gov.ar:11336/65922
Acesso em linha:http://hdl.handle.net/11336/65922
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palavra-chave:Unfree Labour
Free Labour
Colonial Andes
16 And 17th Centuries
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Descrição
Resumo:This article analyses free and unfree labour in mining centres in the Andes during early Spanish colonial times. It focuses on two themes: the condition of indigenous or "native" people as "free labourers", and the mita system of unfree labour. For that purpose I shall consider the cases of Potosí, the most important mining centre in the Andes, and San Antonio del Nuevo Mundo in southern Bolivia, a large mine unaffected by the mita system of labour obligations.