Peopling the purple land : a historical geography of rural Uruguay, 1500-1915 /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Kleinpenning, Jan M. G.
Format: Book
Language:English
German
Published: Amsterdam : CEDLA, 1995.
Series:Latin America Studies ; 73
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • Part one : the colonial period : 1. The Banda Oriental until the foundation of Montevideo
  • 2. The foundation of Montevideo, the beginning of Cattle Ranching and the development of rural property and occupation relationships
  • 3. Further organisation of the countryside
  • 4. Summary : Uruguay's colonial heritage.
  • Part two : the period 1810-1915 : 5. Major political and economic developments in the period 1810-1915
  • 6. The consolidation of rural property and occupation relatrionships
  • 7. The realm of cattle, sheep and meat
  • 8. Agriculture and the various agricultural colonies
  • 9. Inmigration and the countryside
  • 10. Settlements and physical infrastructure
  • 11. Population growth, size and distribution
  • 12. Epilogue.