The Making of a Market: Credit, Henequen, and Notaries in Yucatán, 1850-1900

by Juliette De Bairacli Levy

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.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0271052147
• ISBN13: 9780271052144
• Release Date: March 2012
• Publisher: Penn State University Press
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 0.59 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 9.0"