Colonialism and Agrarian Transformation in Bolivia: Cochabamba, 1550-1900

by Brooke Larson

Book Overview

Cochabamba is the principal agricultural region of Bolivia, with a peasantry that has been especially active in small-scale commercial agriculture and marketing. Focusing on this region, Brooke Larson supplies the first long-term historical view of rural society in colonial and nineteenthy2Dcentury Bolivia. While examining the impact of mercantile colonialism during the late sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries, she offers an important corrective...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 069107738X
• ISBN13: 9780691077383
• Release Date: June 1988
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 392 Pages
• Weight: 1.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.5" x 9.6"