The making of a market credit, henequen, and notaries in Yucatán, 1850-1900

Introduction -- The local becomes global : from caste war to Henequen boom -- Usury, ethnicity, and the market : national laws and local effects -- What do notaries do? : the formal and informal roles of notaries -- Credit the wife : marital property regimes and credit markets -- Monopoly, continuit...

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1. Verfasser: Levy, Juliette (VerfasserIn)
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Veröffentlicht: University Park, Pa Pennsylvania State University Press c2012
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Zusammenfassung:Introduction -- The local becomes global : from caste war to Henequen boom -- Usury, ethnicity, and the market : national laws and local effects -- What do notaries do? : the formal and informal roles of notaries -- Credit the wife : marital property regimes and credit markets -- Monopoly, continuity, and change : the case of Jos' Anacleto Patren Zavalegui.
"Examines the functioning of credit markets in Mexico, through the agency of notaries, during the Yucatan region's nineteenth-century henequen export boom. Explores the mobilization of capital and the creation of credit markets before banks existed." - Provided by publisher
Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references and index
Beschreibung:x, 164 Seiten
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ISBN:9780271052137
978-0-271-05213-7
0271052139
0-271-05213-9