Synopsis
The History Of Mexico: From The Spanish Conquest To The Present Era; Containing A Condensed And Connected General View Of The Manners, Customs, Religion, Commerce, Soil, And Agriculture - Animal, Vegetable, And Mineral Productions - A Concise Political And Statistical Review Of The Changes by Nicholas Mill. The volume offers a wide-ranging portrait of Mexico from pre-Hispanic times through the colonial era and into the early republic. It surveys the geography and territorial extents, the diverse population groups (Natives/Indians, Whites/Creoles, Mestizos, and Africans), and the influence of climate, disease, and topography on settlement and life. It catalogs the natural productions of the land—maize and other staples, a rich stock of fruits and vegetables, cochineal, wax, tobacco, sugar, and a powerful mining sector in gold and silver—and explains how mineral wealth shaped commerce and government. The work also documents the administrative structure of New Spain (intendancies), the process of mining with the then-prevailing mercury-based amalgamation, and the political changes that culminated in independence and the first Mexican constitution. Throughout, Mill integrates observations on religion, law, finance, and trade to present a synthetic general history of the kingdom and its resources.
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