Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Tables ix
4. Map ix
5. Acknowledgments xi
6. A Note on Sources and Dates xv
7. Introduction 1
8. 1. City and Countryside
9. The City 9
10. The Countryside 21
11. 2. Credit and Kinship
12. Credit 35
13. Kinship 48
14. 3. Four Elite Family Enterprises
15. The Villasenor Entail 65
16. The Porres Baranda Entail 75
17. The Portillo Family Enterprise 78
18. The del Rio-Pacheco Family Enterprise 82
19. 4. Effects of Independence
20. Independence in Guadalajara 90
21. Foreign Merchants 95
22. New Sources of Capital 99
23. Introduction of Business Corporations 101
24. Decline of Traditional Credit Sources 104
25. Changes in Credit Availability 104
26. Creation of an Open Land Market 105
27. Survival and Adaptation of Family Enterprises 108
28. Conclusion
29. Notes 123
30. Appendix: Genealogies of Four Family Enterprises 143
31. Index 149