CONTENTS

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. About the Series vii
3. CONTENTS ix
4. Acknowledgments xi
5. Introduction 1
6. 1 ‘‘The Largest Population and the Most Commerce’’: The Genesis of Potosí’s Urban Economy 21
7. 2 Making Room to Sell: Location, Regulation, and the Properties of Urban Trade 48
8. 3 Light on the Chicha, Heavy on the Bread: The Colonial Market for Brewing and Baking 76
9. 4 TheWorld of Credit in the City of Silver 106
10. 5 EnterprisingWomen: Female Traders in the Urban Economy 134
11. 6 ¿Vale un Potosí? The Urban Marketplace in the Face of Decline, 1650–1700 161
12. Conclusions 178
13. Appendix 191
14. Notes 197
15. Glossary 251
16. Bibliography 255
17. Index 267