The allure of the foreign : imported goods in postcolonial Latin America /

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors:	Orlove, Benjamin S.
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, [1997]
Series:	Linking levels of analysis.
Subjects:	Consumption (Economics) > Latin America > History. Imports > Latin America > History. Consumer goods > Latin America > History.

Table of Contents:

Giving importance to imports / Benjamin Orlove and Arnold J. Bauer
Changing consumption patterns and everyday life in two Peruvian regions : food, dress, and housing in the central and southern highlands (1820-1920) / Thomas Krüggeler
From benches to sofas : diversification patterns of consumption in San José (1857-1861) / Patricia Vega Jiménez
Foreign cloth in the lowland frontier : commerce and consumption of textiles in Bolivia, 1830-1930 / Eric D. Langer
Chile in the belle epoque : primitive producers, civilized consumers / Benjamin Orlove and Arnold J. Bauer
Imports and standards of justice on the Mexico-United States border / Josiah McC. Heyman
Building from migration : imported design and everyday use of migrant houses in Mexico / Peri L. Fletcher.