Preface
Introduction
I. The Setting: Physical and Social
Desert and Valleys
The Spaniards
Man-Land Relationship
Spanish Acquisition of Land
Indian Population Decline
Social Change
II. Land Acquisition
Early Postconquest Acquisitions
Jesuit Acquisitions
Sugar Haciendas
Process of Acquisition
Vineyards
Land Values
Censos
Land Patterns and Litigation
Colonial Context of Land Acquisitions
III. The Operation of Haciendas
Agricultural Systens
Farm Systems
Physical Layout
Cultivation and Processing of Sugar
Vineyards and Winemaking
Livestock
Equipment, Tools, and Sipplies
Farm Enterprises
Management
Farm Structures and Society
IV. Labor: Salaried and Slave
Mitayos and Yanaconas
Salaried Labor
Labor in Tucuman
Slaves in Tucuman
Slave Labor in Peru
Mortality and Reproduction
Rural Society
V. Production and Profit
Record Keeping
Investment, Expenses, and Return on Suagr Haciendas
Wine Production and Profit
Distribution and Markets
Agrarian Capitalism
VI. Finances: Colleges and Haciendas
Early Jesuits and Finance
Financing Colleges and the Seventeenth-Century Crisis
Financial History of San Pablo
Incomes and Expenses of Other Colleges
Financial Recovery
VII. The Trade Network
Peru and Tucuman
The Yerba Trade
The Livestock Trade
Cordoba and the Colleges
The Business Offices
The Obrajes of Quito
The Jesuits and Colonial Trade
Criticism of the Jesuits
VIII. Summary and Conclusion
Essay on Sources
Glossary of Spanish Terms
Notes
Bibliography
Index