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Author:

Couturier, Edith Boorstein, 1929-

Title:

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

Edition:

1st ed.

Publisher:

University of New Mexico Press,

Copyright Date:

c2003

Description:

x, 224 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Romero de Terreros, Pedro,--conde de Regla,--1710-1781.
Silver mines and mining--Hidalgo (State)--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.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 207-216) and index.

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.

Series:

Diálogos

ISBN:

9780826328748 (pbk.)
0826328741 (pbk.)
9780826328731 (cloth)
0826328733 (cloth)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)52002021

LCCN:

2003007853

Locations:

PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)