The Bewitchment of Silver The Social Economy of Mining in Nineteenth Century Peru

Deustua, Jose

ISBN 10: 0896802094 / ISBN 13: 9780896802094

Published by Ohio Univ Ctr for Intl Studies, 2000

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1st edition. 306 pages. 8.25x5.50x1.00 inches. In Stock.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Bewitchment of Silver The Social Economy of Mining in Nineteenth Century Peru
• Publisher: Ohio Univ Ctr for Intl Studies
• Publication Date: 2000
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0896802094
• ISBN 13: 9780896802094
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: Brand New
• Weight: 0.35 kilograms

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Synopsis

Mining was crucial for the development of nineteenth-century Peru. Silver mining in particular was a key to both the export sector and the creation of an internal market and national development. The Bewitchment of Silver is an inquiry into the impact of that mineral on a national economy in a country at the periphery of nineteenth-century capitalism.

José Deustua argues that developing countries must be understood in terms of achieving domestic development as well as in their role in generating foreign exchange and in linking themselves to the world economy. Focusing on various sectors of Peru&;s mining production, the mines, owners and mine workers, the transportation networks and the use of muleteers, this study is also concerned with market-building and domestic development in nineteenth-century Latin America.

About the Author

José R. Deustua, Peruvian-born sociologist and historian, is the author of La Minería y la Iniciación de la República, 1820–1840.