| Titre | Cochenille et indigo en Méso-Amérique (1770-1870) | |
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| Auteur | Giulia Tarantola | |
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Revue | Etudes rurales |
| Numéro | no 151-152, 1999 Autres temps, autres lieux | |
| Page | 43-49 | |
| Résumé anglais |
Cochineal and indigo in Mesoamerica (1770-1870) -
This general history of cochineal and indigo in Mesoamerica points out that these two natural dyes made up a significant proportion of agricultural exports in the 18th and 19th centuries. Despite a few similarities between these two productions (e.g., the use of traditional tools and the absence of economies of scale), differences in organizing work had major consequences on the structure of colonial and postcolonial economies in producer regions. Indians produced cochineal by following their own qualitative criteria, whereas white land-owners and mestizo peasants produced indigo mainly in a quest for profits. Source : Éditeur (via Persée) |
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| Article en ligne | http://www.persee.fr/web/revues/home/prescript/article/rural_0014-2182_1999_num_151_1_4115 |
