Abstract
The mines of Potosí started attracting a very diverse population right after
their discovery by the Spaniards in the early sixteenth century. Indians, Europeans,
and people of African descent soon populated the area. The result was a
cosmopolitan, diverse city that became one of the most important in the Western
Hemisphere: Potosí. However, regardless of their social or ethnic backgrounds,
all Potosinos needed to eat. Mangan centers her research in Potosí and specifically
focuses on the ways in which town residents interacted through trade, positing
that they collectively engaged in the construction of an urban economy deeply
marked by the gendered and racial dimensions of economic practices.
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