La maldición de Midas en una región del mundo colonial
Subtitle: Popayán, 1730-1830
By: Guido Barona.
Publisher: Editorial Facultad de Humanidades, Universidad del Valle; Fondo Mixto para la Promoción de la Cultura y las Artes del Cauca
Published: 1995
Place of publication: Santiago de Cali, Colombia
Language: spa
Number of pages: 335
Subjects: Popayán (Colombia) -- Economic conditions.
Description: "Provocative explication of the regional economy of 18th-century Popayán assigns structural and moral meaning to the development of mining and agriculture in the province. Solid analyses of economic indicators such as rural real estate transactions, coca prices, and gold production lend validity to the conclusion that Enlightenment-era expansion of Atlantic capitalism in the province fostered economic contradiction and ambiguity there, including the desmonetización of the countryside"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 58.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 319-327).