Dynamics of Continuity and Change

Shifts in Labour Relations in the Potosí Mines (1680–1812)

Datos Bibliográficos

ID9969460
AutoresRossana Barragán Romano (International Institute of Social History, autor de correspondencia)
Año2016
Volumen61
NúmeroS24
Páginas93-114
Fecha de publicación2016-12-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaInternational Review of Social History (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0020-8590 • E-ISSN: 1469-512X
EditorialCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/s0020859016000511
OpenAlexW2558456234
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas2
Referencias citadas15

Labour relations in the silver mines of Potosí are almost synonymous with the mita , a system of unfree work that lasted from the end of the sixteenth century until the beginning of the nineteenth century. However, behind this continuity there were important changes, but also other forms of work, both free and self-employed. The analysis here is focused on how the “polity” contributed to shape labour relations, especially from the end of the seventeenth century and throughout the eighteenth century. This article scrutinizes the labour policies of the Spanish monarchy on the one hand, which favoured certain economic sectors and regions to ensure revenue, and on the other the initiatives both of mine entrepreneurs and workers – unfree, free, and self-employed – who all contributed to changing the system of labour

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