Comercio indígena en las Huastecas (México), siglo XVIII

Abstract

Indigenous commerce in the Huastecas (Eighteenth-century) is analyzed by its different social actors. Missionaries, alcaldes mayores and corregidores, alcabala administrators, and socio-ethnic groups developed severa] strategies to benefit not only from the repartimiento de mercancías but also from the merchandise considered of high value in the region. Emphasis is added to the population distribution and the forrns in which was localized in the territory, where, indigenous and non indigenous, search for benefits of the regional commerce.