An Economic History of Mexico: Contested Conquest, Ambiguous Development: 1519-2000

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Richard J Salvucci

An Economic History of Mexico

Contested Conquest, Ambiguous Development: 1519-2000

Richard J Salvucci

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English

Routledge
18 February 2025

Ethnic studies; International economics; Development economics; Political economy; Economic history

After a turbulent modern history of conquest and colonialism, Mexico has developed as an economy that may be emerging but still displays significant levels of poverty, particularly in relation to its neighbor to the north, the United States.

Drawing on archival data, decades of new Mexican historiography, and considering issues of political economy, this book explores how Mexico ended up in the relative economic position that it did. Beginning with Hernán Cortés and the invention of the Conquest of New Spain, it explores the economic history of Mexico through the lens of political economy, incorporating environment and demography, politics and power, and industrialization and inequality. The aftermath of the Conquest brought about a complete restructuring of the economy as a result of death from disease, the introduction of European-style agriculture, and a more intensive exploitation of the peasantry. The eighteenth and nineteenth centuries saw “reform” followed by a series of crises and rebellions under which sustained economic growth was impossible. Globalization and the expansion of agricultural exports provided some opportunities in the late nineteenth and twentieth centuries, but they failed to provide the booming rural population with a sustainable means of supporting domestic demand. The so-called Mexican Miracle—the period of rapid growth in the 1950s, 1960s, and early 1970s—disguised a failure to address the economic inequality embedded since the colonial period. As this book clearly demonstrates, this inequality was sometimes challenged in Mexican history but never decisively addressed, let alone reversed.

This accessible and engaging book is vital reading for students and scholars of the history of Mexico and Latin America and those interested in economic development in historical perspective.

By: Richard J Salvucci
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm,
Weight: 276g
ISBN: 9781032874197
ISBN 10: 1032874198
Pages: 140
Publication Date: 18 February 2025
Audience: College/higher education , Primary
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Richard J Salvucci was a tenured associate professor (Mexican history) at the University of California, Berkeley, and a professor of economics at Trinity University. He has authored two books—Textiles and Capitalism: An Economic History of the Obrajes, 1539–1840 and Politics, Markets and Mexico’s “London Debt” 1823–1887—and has been elected a corresponding member of the Academia Mexicana de la Historia in Mexico City.