Haciendas and ranchos in the Mexican Bajío: Léon,1700-1860
/ D. A. Brading
- Cambridge : Cambridge University Press , 1978
- 258 p. ; 23 cm
Latin American Studies
Bibliography and index included
During the eighteenth century the Bajio emerged from its frontier condition to become the pace-maker of the Mexican economy. Silver mining boomed and population increased rapidly. It is the aim of this book to examine the impact of these dramatic changes on the structure of agricultural production and the pattern of rural society.
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Agricultural land Land tenure Mexico---León region---1700-1860