Engraving, P. Bertius, Amsterdam, 1606, after an image in Agustín de Zárate, Historia de la Descubrimiento y Conquista del Perú (Antwerp, 1555).
The Impact on American Labor and Europe’s Economy
A Workshop of the
Atlantic History Seminar
Harvard University
October 29, 2005
The Workshop will take place in the Forum Room at Lamont Library, Harvard University. Historians and other academics at all levels are welcome, but attendees must register in advance.
9:00-9:15 a.m.
Bernard Bailyn, Harvard University
Introduction
9:15-10:30 a.m.
Stanley J. Stein, Princeton University
Reflections on Contingency and Structure: Colonial Mexico, Silver, and the Metropole
10:30-10:45 a.m. Coffee break
10:45 a.m.-12:00 noon
Jane Mangan, Davidson College
"The Power of Silver" in a Colonial City: Social Hierarchy and Daily Life in the Villa Imperial de Potosí
12:00 noon-1:30 p.m. Lunch, Great Space, Robinson Hall
1:30-2:45 p.m.
Peter Bakewell, Southern Methodist University
Labor and Technology in Spanish Colonial Mining
2:45-4::00 p.m.
Mauricio Drelichman, University of British Columbia
The Curse of Moctezuma: American Silver and the De-industrialization of Spain
4:00-4:15 p.m. Coffee break
4:15-5:30 p.m.
Richard Salvucci, Trinity University
1829 and All That: Great Britain, Mexico and Silver Reconsidered
5:30-7:00 p.m. Reception, Great Space, Robinson Hall
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