The silver king : the remarkable life of the Count of Regla in colonial Mexico / Edith Boorstein Couturier.

Author/creator Couturier, Edith Boorstein, 1929-
Format Book
Edition1st ed.
Publication InfoAlbuquerque : University of New Mexico Press, ©2003.
Descriptionx, 224 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.
Subjects
Romero de Terreros, Pedro, conde de Regla, 1710-1781.
Silver mines and mining--Mexico. --Hidalgo (State). --History. --18th century.
Charities--Mexico. --History. --18th century.
Businessmen--Mexico. --Biography.
Philanthropists--Mexico. --Biography.
Mexico--History. --Spanish colony, 1540-1810.
Hidalgo (Mexico : State)--Biography.

SeriesDiálogos
Diálogos (Albuquerque, N.M.) ^A404475
Contents Spain in the life of Pedro Terreros, 1710-1730 -- Merchant in Querétaro, 1730-1750 -- Silver miner in Pachuca and Real del Monte, 1741-1766 -- The "honorable men" who worked the mines --- Marriage and family, 1756-1766 -- A house for the Count of Regla, 1764-1781 -- Charities, spiritual dimensions of material wealth -- The final years, 1766-1781 -- Death and its aftermath, 1781-1878.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [207]-216) and index.
LCCN 2003007853
ISBN0826328733 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN0826328741 (pbk. : alk. paper)

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Joyner General Stacks F1231.R72C68 2003 ✔ Available Place Hold