Author: Ouweneel, Arij
Title: Shadows Over Anahuac: An Ecological Interpretation of Crisis and Development in Central Mexico, 1730-1800
Description: Albuquerque [NM], University of New Mexico, (1996). orig.cloth. 24x15cm, xiii,429 pp. Textual maps & illustrations. Minor rubbing. VG. ¶ Argues that both Indians and Spaniards sought to reverse the economic decline in central Mexico during the 18th century brought on by drought, overpopulation, famine, and the Bourbon Reforms. Among the measures they took were emigration and urbanization, proto-industrialization, and charity solicited from the state and private Spanish and Indian..." - Publisher's description.

Keywords: Mexican Economic History, Meseta Central, Colonial Mexico, Ecology, Ecological, Environmental, Environment, Economy, Economics