Pedro Romero de Terreros, the first Count of Regla, was born in Spain in 1710. When he was twenty-one, his parents sent him to live with an uncle in New Spain and to assume control of the family's businesses. He married the daughter of a wealthy noble family in Mexico City and continued to build on the combined fortunes as a merchant and a mining entrepreneur.
From the mid-eighteenth century until his death in 1781, Regla was admired for his philanthropy, the recipients of which included colleges and monasteries and he helped establish a banking institution that enabled both rich and poor to pawn goods for cash. Regla's life also illustrates many of the problems facing Mexico today including struggles in the workplace between those who supply the capital for production and those who supply the labor.
Edith Boorstein Couturier uses Regla's career to address the growing social tensions of the eighteenth century, showing how Spanish immigrants could ascend in Mexican society, how entrepreneurship permitted such social climbing, how women sustained their kinsmen, and how elite families rose and fell in New Spain.
"synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title.
"About this title" may belong to another edition of this title.
Shipping:
US$ 4.00
Within U.S.A.
Book Description Paperback. Condition: new. New. Fast Shipping and good customer service. Seller Inventory # Holz_New_0826328741
Book Description Paperback. Condition: new. New. Seller Inventory # Wizard0826328741
Book Description Paperback. Condition: new. New Copy. Customer Service Guaranteed. Seller Inventory # think0826328741
Book Description Condition: new. Seller Inventory # FrontCover0826328741
Book Description Condition: New. Seller Inventory # 1716303-n
Book Description Condition: New. Seller Inventory # ABLIING23Feb2416190249269
Book Description Soft Cover. Condition: new. This item is printed on demand. Seller Inventory # 9780826328748
Book Description Paperback. Condition: New. Brand New! This item is printed on demand. Seller Inventory # 0826328741
Book Description Condition: New. Book is in NEW condition. Seller Inventory # 0826328741-2-1
Book Description PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. THIS BOOK IS PRINTED ON DEMAND. Established seller since 2000. Seller Inventory # IQ-9780826328748