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Bakers and Basques

Weis, Robert, 1971-

Bakers and Basques a social history of bread in Mexico / [electronic resource] : Robert Weis. - Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press, c2012. - 1 online resource (232 p.) - UPCC book collections on Project MUSE. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

"Zelo y desvelo" : the bread monopoly and late colonial market reforms -- "A system that offends the hands of brothers" : small bakers and the free market in independent Mexico -- "An uncle in America" : chain migration and the Spanish monopoly -- "Dough kneaded with blood" -- "We have no bread" : hunger, opportunity, and war -- The bakers' revolution -- Unionists, tlalchicholes, and canasteros.

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Mexico--Economic conditions.
Bakers--Political activity--History.--Mexico
Bakeries--History.--Mexico
Bread--Political aspects--History.--Mexico
Bread--Economic aspects--History.--Mexico
Bread industry--History.--Mexico


Mexico--Social conditions.


Electronic books.

HD9058.B743 / M694 2012

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