A Mexican Family Empire: The Latifundio of the Sánchez Navarro Family, 1765-1867

by Charles H. Harris III

Book Overview

Perhaps no other institution has had a more significant impact on Latin American history than the large landed estate--the hacienda. In Mexico, the latifundio, an estate usually composed of two or more haciendas, dominated the social and economic structure of the country for four hundred years. A Mexican Family Empire is a careful examination of the largest latifundio ever to have existed, not only in Mexico but also in all...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0292741111
• ISBN13: 9780292741119
• Release Date: June 1975
• Publisher: University of Texas Press
• Length: 428 Pages
• Weight: 1.39 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.0" x 9.0"