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Mapping the Novo Hispanic silk industry in the sixteenth century
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EUI; HEC; Research Data; 2025
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GONZĂLEZ FONS, Paula, Mapping the Novo Hispanic silk industry in the sixteenth century, EUI, HEC, Research Data, 2025 - https://hdl.handle.net/1814/93134
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The silk industry in New Spain was one of the most ambitious experiments in the transfer of technology and labour practices from Europe to the Americas. Introduced during the sixteenth century, it quickly established itself as an important branch of colonial production, drawing on both European expertise and indigenous knowledge. This database is designed to reconstruct the geography organisation of silk production in sixteenth-century New Spain. By linking places, processes, and commodities, it allows for a more nuanced understanding of how silk was cultivated, processed, and exchanged across a dispersed colonial landscape. This dataset also includes information related to the cochineal production as a comparative element in order to explore possible interactions and tensions between two labour-intensive industries.
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Data sources: The sources used to construct this dataset are Suma de Visitas de los Pueblos de Nueva EspaĂąa, Relaciones GeogrĂĄficas del siglo XVI, and Libro de las Tasaciones de Pueblos de la Nueva EspaĂąa.