Abstract
The mines of Potosí started attracting a very diverse population right aftertheir discovery by the Spaniards in the early sixteenth century. Indians, Europeans,and people of African descent soon populated the area. The result was acosmopolitan, diverse city that became one of the most important in the WesternHemisphere: Potosí. However, regardless of their social or ethnic backgrounds,all Potosinos needed to eat. Mangan centers her research in Potosí and specificallyfocuses on the ways in which town residents interacted through trade, positingthat they collectively engaged in the construction of an urban economy deeplymarked by the gendered and racial dimensions of economic practices.
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