1st Edition

Petty Capitalism In Spanish America The Pulperos Of Puebla, Mexico City, Caracas, And Buenos Aires

By Jay Kinsbruner Copyright 1987
    184 Pages
    by Routledge

    161 Pages
    by Routledge

    This book describes how people of limited means within the Spanish American economy managed to get started and survive as entrepreneurs between 1750 and 1850. Based on ten years of research and a wide variety of primary and secondary sources, Professor Kinsbruner's cross-cultural profile of small retail grocers offers significant insights that cont

    Preface -- Basic Characteristics -- The Grocers as Entrepreneurs -- Capitalization and Profitability -- Problems of Grocery Store Ownership -- Conclusion -- Personal Profiles -- The Pulperos of Caracas in 1816: A Microview -- The Mexico City Grocers as Real Property Owners -- Capitalization of Some San Juan Pulperías and Tiendas de Mercería -- Dellplain Latin American Studies Published by Westview Press

    Biography

    Jay Kinsbruner is professor of history at Queens College and at the graduate center of the City University of New York.