The making of a market : credit, henequen, and notaries in Yucatán, 1850-1900 /

"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"--Provided by publisher.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Levy, Juliette, 1968-
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	University Park, Pa. : Pennsylvania State University Press, [2012]
Subjects:	Henequen (Plant) > Mexico > Yucatán (State) Notaries > Mexico > Yucatán (State) > History > 19th century. Credit > Mexico > Yucatán (State) Yucatán (Mexico : State) > Economic conditions > 19th century. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Table of Contents:

Introduction
The local becomes global : from caste war to Henequen boom
Usury, ethnicity, and the market : national laws and local effects
What do notaries do? : the formal and informal roles of notaries
Credit the wife : marital property regimes and credit markets
Monopoly, continuity, and change : the case of Jos' Anacleto Patren Zavalegui.