The Aztec Economic World: Merchants and Markets in Ancient Mesoamerica
Author:   Kenneth G. Hirth (Pennsylvania State University)
Publisher:   Cambridge University Press
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9781107142770


Pages:   404
Publication Date:   12 July 2016
Format:   Hardback
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Author:   Kenneth G. Hirth (Pennsylvania State University)
Publisher:   Cambridge University Press
Imprint:   Cambridge University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 16.00cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.770kg
ISBN:  

9781107142770


ISBN 10:   1107142776
Pages:   404
Publication Date:   12 July 2016
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  College/higher education ,  Professional & Vocational ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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1. Introduction to the Aztec economic world; 2. The structure of Mesoamerican economy; 3. The Mesoamerican marketplace; 4. Merchants, profit and the pre-Columbian world; 5. Often invisible: domestic entrepreneurs in Mesoamerican commerce; 6. The professional retail merchants; 7. Merchant communities and pochteca vanguard merchants; 8. The tools of the trade and the mechanics of commerce; 9. Conclusions.

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Kenneth G. Hirth is Professor of Anthropology at Pennsylvania State University. His research focuses on the origin and development of ranked and state-level societies in the New World. He is especially interested in political economy and how forms of resource control lead to the development of structural inequalities within society.

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