Economic historiography of the agrarian tithes in Iberian America: the cases of Brazil and New Spain, XVIIIth Century

This article aims at presenting an overview of the historiographical evolution concerning the tithes in New Spain and Brazil, focusing especially on the economic features. On the one hand, it intends to point out in what measure the eighteenth century tithal records allow us to answer, in both regio...

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Bibliographic Details
Authors: Carrara, Angelo Alves, Santiró, Ernest Sánchez
Format: article
Status:Published version
Publication Date:2013
Country:Brasil
Institution:Universidade de São Paulo (USP)
Repository:Estudos Econômicos (São Paulo)
Language:Portuguese
OAI Identifier:oai:revistas.usp.br:article/52137
Online Access:https://www.revistas.usp.br/ee/article/view/52137
Access Level:Open access
Keyword:tithes
Brazil
Mexico
dízimos
Brasil
México
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Summary:This article aims at presenting an overview of the historiographical evolution concerning the tithes in New Spain and Brazil, focusing especially on the economic features. On the one hand, it intends to point out in what measure the eighteenth century tithal records allow us to answer, in both regions, some issues relating to the economic growth of the agricultural production in one and another space.