Bourbon Mexico Research Articles

Pícaros in Bourbon Mexico - Fugitive Freedom: The Improbable Lives of Two Impostors in Late Colonial Mexico. By William B. Taylor. Oakland: University of California Press, 2021. Pp. xiv, 207. Maps. Notes. Bibliography. Index. $24.95 cloth; $24.95 e-book.

Pícaros in Bourbon Mexico - Fugitive Freedom: The Improbable Lives of Two Impostors in Late Colonial Mexico. By William B. Taylor. Oakland: University of California Press, 2021. Pp. xiv, 207. Maps. Notes. Bibliography. Index. 24.95 e-book. - Volume 79 Issue 2

Afro-Mexicans in Bourbon Mexico - Taxing Blackness: Free Afro-Mexican Tribute in Bourbon New Spain, by Norah L. A. Gharala. Tuscaloosa: University of Alabama Press, 2019, Pp. 292. 54.95 cloth.

Afro-Mexicans in Bourbon Mexico - Taxing Blackness: Free Afro-Mexican Tribute in Bourbon New Spain, by Norah L. A. Gharala. Tuscaloosa: University of Alabama Press, 2019, Pp. 292. 54.95 cloth. - Volume 77 Issue 4

A remedy and a poison: perjury and trust in Bourbon Mexico

Oaths should only be used as a medicine (pharmakon) that also contains a measure of poison. Domingo de Soto, 1569 In his Tratado de los juramentos (1550), Dominican Domingo de Soto (1495–1560) comp...

Elite Coalitions, Limited Government, and Fiscal Capacity Development: Evidence from Bourbon Mexico

Limited government supported by elite coalitions can facilitate the development of fiscal capacity by tying rulers’ hands and enhancing their credibility. This paper presents evidence of the effect of the Mining Tribunal, an institution for the mining elite in late colonial Mexico that credibly constrained the Spanish Crown, on the development of fiscal capacity. The mining elite resisted the development of a strong fiscal state that was controlled by unconstrained Crown authorities. However, when mine owners were granted the ability to organize and protect their economic interests through a corporation, they ceased resisting. This enabled the Crown to invest in strengthening its fiscal capacity and raise more taxes from sectors other than mining. Difference-in-differences estimates using detailed fiscal data from regional royal treasuries indicate that this institution led to a substantial increase in the resources assigned to civil administration, as well as in revenues from nonmining production and trade.

The Art of Professing in Bourbon Mexico: Crowned-Nun Portraits and Reform in the Convent

The Art of Professing in Bourbon Mexico: Crowned-Nun Portraits and Reform in the Convent

The Art of Professing in Bourbon Mexico: Crowned Nun Portraits and Reform in the Convent

The Art of Professing in Bourbon Mexico: Crowned Nun Portraits and Reform in the Convent

Magali Carrera. Review of "The Art of Professing in Bourbon Mexico: Crowned-Nun Portraits and Reform in the Convent" by James M. Córdova.

Magali Carrera. Review of "The Art of Professing in Bourbon Mexico: Crowned-Nun Portraits and Reform in the Convent" by James M. Córdova.

The Art of Professing in Bourbon Mexico: Crowned-Nun Portraits and Reform in the Convent by James M. Córdova (review)

The Art of Professing in Bourbon Mexico: Crowned-Nun Portraits and Reform in the Convent by James M. Córdova (review)

Book Review: The Art of Professing in Bourbon Mexico: Crowned Nun Portraits and Reform in the Convent, written by Córdova, James M.

Book Review: The Art of Professing in Bourbon Mexico: Crowned Nun Portraits and Reform in the Convent, written by Córdova, James M.

Book Review: James M. Córdova, The Art of Professing in Bourbon Mexico: Crowned-Nun Portraits and Reform in the Convent, by Cesar D. Favila

Book Review: James M. Córdova, The Art of Professing in Bourbon Mexico: Crowned-Nun Portraits and Reform in the Convent, by Cesar D. Favila

Las identidades plurales de José Agustín Saucedo (alias Santa María, alias Pedro Martínez) (1751-1792)

La vida de José Agustín Saucedo, reconstruida gracias al proceso celebrado en su contra por el Tribunal del Santo Oficio en 1784/1785, ha sido fuertemente influenciada por dos fenómenos fundamentales de la segunda mitad del siglo XVIII: los movimientos migratorios y los procesos de mestizaje. La riqueza en datos individuales del expediente inquisitorial permite ver que la experiencia de la migración, un fenómeno generalmente estudiado desde una perspectiva macroscópica, pudo ser vivida de manera radicalmente diferente por individuos pertenecientes a una misma familia. Además, la historia de este individuo, que en el transcurso de su vida “pasó” entre las calidades de indio, mulato y español, ayuda a reflexionar sobre la manera en la cual las instituciones y los individuos se posicionaron frente a los procesos de mestizaje en el México borbónico.

Brian Larkin. The Very Nature of God: Baroque Catholicism and Religious Reform in Bourbon Mexico City - The Very Nature of God: Baroque Catholicism and Religious Reform in Bourbon Mexico City. By Brian Larkin. Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 2010. Pp. xiii, 312. Illustrations. Tables. Appendix. Notes. Bibliography. Index. $27.95 paper.

Brian Larkin. The Very Nature of God: Baroque Catholicism and Religious Reform in Bourbon Mexico City - The Very Nature of God: Baroque Catholicism and Religious Reform in Bourbon Mexico City. By Brian Larkin. Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 2010. Pp. xiii, 312. Illustrations. Tables. Appendix. Notes. Bibliography. Index. $27.95 paper. - Volume 69 Issue 2

Brian Larkin. The Very Nature of God: Baroque Catholicism and Religious Reform in Bourbon Mexico City. The Very Nature of God: Baroque Catholicism and Religious Reform in Bourbon Mexico City. By Brian Larkin. Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 2010. Pp. xiii, 312. Illustrations. Tables. Appendix. Notes. Bibliography. Index. $27.95 paper.

Brian Larkin. The Very Nature of God: Baroque Catholicism and Religious Reform in Bourbon Mexico City - The Very Nature of God: Baroque Catholicism and Religious Reform in Bourbon Mexico City. By Brian Larkin. Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 2010. Pp. xiii, 312. Illustrations. Tables. Appendix. Notes. Bibliography. Index. $27.95 paper. - Volume 69 Issue 2

The Very Nature of God: Baroque Catholicism and Religious Reform in Bourbon Mexico City

The Very Nature of God: Baroque Catholicism and Religious Reform in Bourbon Mexico City

The Very Nature of God: Baroque Catholicism and Religious Reform in Bourbon Mexico City - by Larkin, Brian

The Very Nature of God: Baroque Catholicism and Religious Reform in Bourbon Mexico City - by Larkin, Brian

The Very Nature of God: Baroque Catholicism and Religious Reform in Bourbon Mexico City. By Brian R. Larkin. Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 2010. xiii + 312 pp. $27.95 paper.

The Very Nature of God: Baroque Catholicism and Religious Reform in Bourbon Mexico City. By Brian R. Larkin. Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 2010. xiii + 312 pp. $27.95 paper.

Brian Larkin, The Very Nature of God: Baroque Catholicism and Religious Reform in Bourbon Mexico City (Albuquerque, NM: University of New Mexico Press, 2010), pp. xiii + 312, $27.95, pb.

Brian Larkin, The Very Nature of God: Baroque Catholicism and Religious Reform in Bourbon Mexico City (Albuquerque, NM: University of New Mexico Press, 2010), pp. xiii + 312, $27.95, pb.

Brian R. Larkin . The Very Nature of God: Baroque Catholicism and Religious Reform in Bourbon Mexico City . Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press. 2010. Pp. xiii, 312. $27.95.

Brian R. Larkin . The Very Nature of God: Baroque Catholicism and Religious Reform in Bourbon Mexico City . Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press. 2010. Pp. xiii, 312. $27.95.

The Very Nature of God. Baroque Catholicism and Religious Reform in Bourbon Mexico City (review)

The Very Nature of God. Baroque Catholicism and Religious Reform in Bourbon Mexico City (review)

The role of the Spanish imperial state in the mining-led growth of Bourbon Mexico's economy1

Colonial Mexico's economy experienced a long phase of growth during the eighteenth century. Around 1800, silver exports and fiscal surplus remittances from the colony rose to unprecedented levels. We study the contribution of the Spanish imperial state's policy to the expansion of silver production and the leading role of mining in economic growth and its fiscal implications. We find evidence to support a more favourable view of both the mining sector and the imperial state than that commonly presented in the literature. The interruption of colonial ‘mining-led growth’ helps to explain the ‘lost decades’ for the economic development of Mexico after independence.