Jesuit Ranches & the Agrarian Development of Colonial Argentina, 1650-1767 Unknown - 1983

xi+206 pages with frontispiece, tables, charts, glossary, bibliography and index. Royal octavo (9 1/4" x 6") bound in original publisher's grey cloth with green lettering to spine and cover. First edition. Jesuit Ranches and the Agrarian Development of Colonial Argentina, 1650-1767, is the last book in a trilogy that examines Jesuit economic activity in three major geographic regions of colonial Spanish America. The first, Lords of the Land, focuses on Jesuit sugar and wine production on the Peruvian coast, primarily from the viewpoint of the agricultural geographer. The second, Farm and Factory, examines the complex of Jesuit farm, wool, and textile production in Interandine Ecuador insofar as it contributed to the beginnings of agrarian capitalism in Latin America. This book examines the agro-pastoral development of colonial Argentina, primarily Tucumán, its farms, its ranches, and its trade connections with Alto Peru. Three major geographical regions are thus studied, each specializing in a… Leer más