Normal view MARC view ISBD view

The silver king : The remarkable life of the Count of Regla in colonial Mexico / Edith Boorstein Couturier

By:

Couturier, Edith Boorstein

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Albuquerque, NM : University of New Mexico Press , c2003.Description: 224 p. : illus. ; 23 cmISBN:

9780826328748

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

LAS 92 ROM

Abstract: Pedro Romero de Terrors, the first Count of Regla, was a controversial figure in the eighteenth-century Mexico, where he lived for more than fifty years. The founder of one of the great fortunes of his day, he was a mining entrepreneur and merchant admired for his philanthropy though sometimes despised by his workers. His career embodies a number of the issues that bedevil Mexico to this day.

Tags from this library: No tags from this library for this title. Log in to add tags.

Average rating: 0.0 (0 votes)

Holdings
Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Latin American Studies	Biblioteca Pública de San Miguel de Allende, A.C.	LAS 92 ROM (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		028825

Index included.

Pedro Romero de Terrors, the first Count of Regla, was a controversial figure in the eighteenth-century Mexico, where he lived for more than fifty years. The founder of one of the great fortunes of his day, he was a mining entrepreneur and merchant admired for his philanthropy though sometimes despised by his workers. His career embodies a number of the issues that bedevil Mexico to this day.

English.

There are no comments on this title.

to post a comment.