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La Seda China En Nueva Espaã‘A A Principios Del Siglo Xvii. Una Mirada Imperial En El Memorial De Horacio Levanto

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This article analyzes the effects generated by the import and consumption of madeja silk from China in the commercial and productive level of Mexico and Spain between 1580 and 1620. The paper questions the traditional image of an Asian trade defined by expensive, manufactured goods, oriented to an elite consumption. Considering the Memorial of Horacio Levanto (1620) and in the context of modern globalization, we propose the hypothesis that Asian trade responded to mass consumption, influencing productive structures in New Spain and Spain herself. Madeja silk from China was one of the main semi-processed goods imported via Acapulco which, as raw material, promoted the development of the Novohispanic textile industry. El artículo analiza los efectos que generó la importación y consumo de la seda madeja de China en el plano comercial y productivo de México y España entre 1580 y 1620. Se cuestiona la imagen tradicional de un comercio asiático apoyado en bienes elaborados y caros, destinados al consumo de elite. Considerando el Memorial de Horacio Levanto (1620) y en el contexto de la globalización moderna, se fundamentará la idea de que el comercio asiático respondió a un consumo masivo, llegando a influir en la estructura productiva novohispana y peninsular. La seda madeja de China fue uno los principales bienes semielaborados importados a través de Acapulco que, por ser insumos, promovieron el desarrollo de la industria textil novohispana.

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  • Bonialian, Mariano, 2017. "La Seda China En Nueva Espaã‘A A Principios Del Siglo Xvii. Una Mirada Imperial En El Memorial De Horacio Levanto," Revista de Historia Económica / Journal of Iberian and Latin American Economic History, Cambridge University Press, vol. 35(1), pages 147-171, March.
  • Handle: RePEc:cup:reveco:v:35:y:2017:i:01:p:147-171_00
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