TY  - BOOK
AU  - Rosenthal,Joshua
TI  - Salt and the Colombian State: Local Society and Regional Monopoly in Boyaca, 1821-1900
T2  - Pitt Latin American Series
SN  - 9780822977988
AV  - HD9213 
U1  - 338.2/76320986109034 
PY  - 2012///
CY  - PIttsburgh
PB  - University of Pittsburgh Press
KW  - Salt industry and trade-Colombia-History-19th century
KW  - Salt mines and mining-Government policy-Colombia-History-19th century
KW  - Government monopolies-Colombia-History-19th century
KW  - Boyacá (Colombia : Department)-History-19th century
KW  - Colombia-Politics and government-19th century
KW  - Colombia-Economic conditions-19th century
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Note on Sources -- Chapter 1. The Salt Monopoly, the State, and Boyacá -- Chapter 2. Change and Community in La Salina -- Chapter 3. Making Salt in a Ministry Works -- Chapter 4. The Ministry Monopoly and the Market Monopoly -- Chapter 5. La Salina and Colombian History to 1857 -- Chapter 6. La Salina, Boyacá, and Colombia after 1857 -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index
N2  - In republican Colombia, salt became an important source of revenue not just to individuals, but to the state, which levied taxes on it and in some cases controlled and profited from its production. Focusing his study on the town of La Salina, Joshua M. Rosenthal presents a fascinating glimpse into the workings of the early Colombian state, its institutions, and their interactions with local citizens during this formative period
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