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The silver king : the remarkable life of the Count of Regla in colonial Mexico
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- Creator
- Edith Boorstein Couturier
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- First edition
- Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press, [2003]
- ©2003
- Series
- Physical Details
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- x, 224 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
- ISBNs
- 9780826328731, 0826328733, 9780826328748, 0826328741
- OCLC
- ocm52002021
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [207]-216) and index.
- 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
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.