WOMEN AND WORK IN COLONIAL LATIN AMERICA

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WOMEN AND WORK IN COLONIAL LATIN AMERICA

• THE EXTERNAL ECONOMY
• IMPERIAL PHILOSOPHIES OF TRADE
• PRODUCTION
• MINING
• PLANTATION AGRICULTURE SUGAR (RUM), TOBACCO,
  COCHINEAL
• LIVESTOCK (HIDES, TALLOW, ETC)
• FOREST PRODUCTS (TIMBER, DRUGS, CACAO)
• LABOR SOURCES FREE, UNFREE
• GENDER STRUCTURE OF THE ECONOMY
• ROLE OF LATIFUNDIA
• ROLE OF SLAVERY, ENCOMIENDA
• MYTHS AND REALITY

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THE INTERNAL ECONOMY OF LATIN AMERICA
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SLAVE ROUTES
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EXPORTATION OF SILVER AND GOLD UNTIL 1600
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EXPORTS OF MINERALS COMPARED TO OTHER COLONIAL
PRODUCTS TO 1660
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THE INTERNAL ECONOMY

• GRAIN
• ANIMALS
• VEGETABLES MANIOC, BEANS, SQUASH, POTATOES,
  TOMATOES, OTHER GREEN VEGETABLES
• TRIBUTE PRODUCTION
• GENDER STRUCTURE OF THE INTERNAL ECONOMY
• HOW DO WE ESCAPE FROM STEREOTYPES OF MALE LABOR?
• WHERE DO WE LOOK FOR FEMALE LABOR RURAL, URBAN
• SIGNIFICANCE OF CLASS AND CASTE

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RANCHING AND AGRICULTURE
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ROLE OF ANDEAN WOMEN IN COMMERCE
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INDIAN WOMEN WOVE PLAIN TRIBUTE CLOTH BUT
MAINTAINED THEIR USE OF PATTERNS AS SIGN OF
IDENTITY
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RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL
ECONOMY

• SIGNIFICANCE OF THE SUBSISTENCE ECONOMY
• SIGNIFICANCE OF MIGRATION AND URBANIZATION ON
  GENDER STRUCTURE OF THE LABOR FORCE