Merchants, Prices and Salaries in Sonora during the Late Colonial Period. Description of a Captive Trade Circuit

This paper offers a critical view on the existence of regional markets and the New Spain market,  based on the analysis of the presence, in the state of Sonora, of different forms of participation in the deals that depended on, and nurtured, the local trade circuits.Sonoran economies are shown to ha...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor: Torre Curiel, José Refugio de la
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2008
País:México
Institución:EL COLEGIO DE MÉXICO
Repositorio:Historia Mexicana
Idioma:español
OAI Identifier:oai:oai.historiamexicana.colmex.mx:article/1692
Acceso en línea:https://historiamexicana.colmex.mx/index.php/RHM/article/view/1692
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Sonora
New Spain
merchants
economy
18th Century
Nueva España
comerciantes
economía
siglo XVIII
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Sumario:This paper offers a critical view on the existence of regional markets and the New Spain market,  based on the analysis of the presence, in the state of Sonora, of different forms of participation in the deals that depended on, and nurtured, the local trade circuits.Sonoran economies are shown to have been part of a captive trade net managed at a distance from the center of New Spain by Mexico City merchants, and locally manipulated by several middlemen who transferred the system's operational costs to the final consumers through mechanisms such as salaries in kind and compulsory indebtedness.