{"product_id":"haciendas-and-economic-development-richard-b-lindley-9781477304594","title":"Haciendas and Economic Development: Guadalajara, Mexico, at Independence","description":"\u003cp\u003e Agriculture, commerce, and mining were the engines that drove New Spain, and past historians have treated these economic categories as sociological phenomena as well. For these historians, society in eighteenth-century New Spain was comprised, on the one hand, of creoles, feudalistic land barons who were natives of the New World, and, on the other, of peninsulars, progressive, urban merchants born on the Iberian peninsula. In their view, creole-peninsular resentment ultimately led to the wars for independence that took place in the American hemisphere in the early nineteenth century. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Richard B. Lindley's study of Guadalajara's wealthy citizens on the eve of independence contradicts this view, clearly demonstrating that landowners, merchants, creoles, and peninsulars, through intermarriage, formed large family enterprises with mixed agricultural, commercial, and mining interests. These family enterprises subdued potential conflicts of interest between Spaniards and Americans, making partners of potential competitors. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e When the wars for national independence began in 1810, Spain's ability to protect its colonies from outside influence was destroyed. The resultant influx of British trade goods and finance shook the structure of colonial society, as abundant British capital quickly reduced the capital shortage that had been the main reason for large-scale, diversified family businesses. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Elite family enterprises survived, but became less traditional and more specialized institutions. This transformation from traditional, personalized community relations to modern, anonymous corporations, with all that it implied for government and productivity, constitutes the real revolution that began in 1810. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Richard B. Lindley\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1477304592\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781477304594\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Texas Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/01\/1983\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 172\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.58lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.40d","brand":"Richard B. Lindley","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44065871397119,"sku":"9781477304594","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_2bcb651e-3235-4173-ba3d-553cbece3ed4.jpg?v=1685403987","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/haciendas-and-economic-development-richard-b-lindley-9781477304594","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}