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A scholarly social history of the road construction labors who worked in late Bourbon Mexico,
By Midwest Book Review (Oregon, WI USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Building the King’s Highway: Labor, Society, and Family on Mexico’s Caminos Reales, 1757-1804 (Hardcover)
Building The King's Highway: Labor, Society, And Family On Mexico's Caminos Reales 1757-1804 is a scholarly social history of the road construction labors who worked in late Bourbon Mexico. The importance of the silver trade for the Spanish colonial effort is thoroughly documented, but the efforts of those who created the roads upon which trade moved is much less well-known. Building The King rectifies this imbalance by meticulously scrutinizing patterns of the road workers' lives, transitions from draft to free-wage labor, notable events during the construction of individual roads, and much more. A focused and in-depth analysis, and a welcome addition to college library and world history shelves.
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Building the King’s Highway: Labor, Society, and Family on Mexico’s Caminos Reales, 1757-1804 by Bruce A. Castleman (Hardcover - April 1, 2005)
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