Gender, Ethnicity, and the Urban Economy in Colonial Potosí
by
Walter D. Mignolo, Irene Silverblatt, Sonia Saldívar-Hull
Language: English
Release Date: May 17, 2005
Located in the heart of the Andes, Potosà was arguably the most important urban center in the Western Hemisphere during the colonial era. It was internationally famous for its abundant silver mines and regionally infamous for its labor draft. Set in this context of opulence and oppression associated...