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title	:	Shadows Over Anhuac : An Ecological Interpretation of Crisis and Development in Central Mexico, 1730-1800
author	:	Ouweneel, Arij.
publisher	:	University of New Mexico
isbn10 | asin	:	0826317316
print isbn13	:	9780826317315
ebook isbn13	:	9780585160696
language	:	English
subject	Meseta Central (Mexico)--Economic conditions, Meseta Central (Mexico)--Environmental conditions, Meseta Central (Mexico)--History, Indians of Mexico--Mexico--Meseta Central--Economic conditions.
publication date	:	1996
lcc	:	HC137.M4O9513 1996eb
ddc	:	333.7/09725
subject	:	Meseta Central (Mexico)--Economic conditions, Meseta Central (Mexico)--Environmental conditions, Meseta Central (Mexico)--History, Indians of Mexico--Mexico--Meseta Central--Economic conditions.

Page iii Shadows Over Anhuac An Ecological Interpretation of Crisis and Development in Central Mexico, 1730-1800 Arij Ouweneel University of New Mexico Press Albuquerque

Page iv To Arij Ouweneel, Sr. (1925-87), who was unable to witness the completion of this book. It could not have been written without his support. 1996 by the University of New Mexico Press All rights reserved. First edition Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Ouweneel, Arij, 1957 [Onderbroken groei in Anahuac. English] Shadows over Anahuac: an ecological interpretation of crisis and development in Central Mexico, 1730-1800 / Arij Ouweneel. 1st ed. p. cm. "Partly based on the large manuscript of the translation of... Onderbroken groei in Anahuac"Introduction. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-8263-1731-6 (cl.) 1. Meseta Central (Mexico)Economic conditions. 2. Meseta Central (Mexico)Environmental conditions. 3. Meseta Central (Mexico)History. 4. Indians of MexicoMexicoMeseta Central Economic conditions. I. Title. HC137.M4O9513 1996 333.7'09725dc20 95-41814 CIP

Page v Contents List of Figures, Maps, and Tables vii Acknowledgments ix Prologue: The Ongoing Problem of the Chiaroscuro Century 1 1. Enfolding the Ecological Approach 27 2. A Lower Ceiling 59 3. A Good Tree Is a Good Shelter 101 4. Every Cloud Has a Silver Lining 159 5. First Implication: the Rise of Gobernadoryotl 211 6. Second Implication: Toward Proto-Industrialization 253 Epilogue: Rethinking Indian Economic Participation 307 Notes 333 Weights and Measures 371 Bibliography 373 Index 417 About the Book and Author 430

Page vii List of Figures, Maps, and Tables Figures 1. Number of tributarios in seven subregions of Anhuac, 1720-1800 11 2. The course of adaptation to ecological problems, based on Wilkinson 23 3. Diagram of Anhuac's physical appearance 67 4. Number of court cases involving land disputes in Anhuac, compared with the number of tributarios, 1710-1809 140 5. Diagram of the employment cycle of small peasant households in Anhuac, ca. 1750 and ca. 1800 304 6. Frank's development puzzle 309 7. Population density, economic differentiation, choice of crops and social stratification in terms of yield and geographical distance 320 Maps 1. The provinces of Anhuac, late eighteenth century xii 2. The three valleys of Anhuac, eighteenth century 6 3. Four regional economies of New Spain in the eighteenth century 61 4. Division of Anhuac by structure of production into central and intermediate provinces based on data from Van Oss and Slicher van Bath 65 5. The pattern of rainfall in some provinces of Anhuac, 1790-95 73 6. The five types of climate in Anhuac, Kppen classification 77 7. Area of repeated good harvests in Anhuac, 1790-97 86

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