Trading Roles

Abstract

León commented that ''many Spaniards became rich in this mining town of Potosí having only two or three Indian women who contracted with them.'' 5Again resorting to exaggeration, another visitor to the city reported the amount of native corn beer, chicha, consumed in the Villa was ''an impossible thing to imagine.'' 6The transition of chicha sales into an urban business dominated by women is emblematic of the intriguing market dynamics whereby indigenous products, suppliers, and vendors nego-

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