| Description |
ix, 235 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cm. |
| Series |
RGS-IBG book series
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. [202]-226) and index. |
| Contents |
A vulnerable society -- Climate, culture and conquest : north, south and central Mexico in the pre-European and contact period -- Exploring the anatomy of vulnerability in colonial Mexico -- Responding to crisis : vulnerability and adaptive capacity in colonial Mexico -- Dearth, deluge and disputes : negotiating and litigating water and climate in colonial Mexico -- Illusory prosperity : economic growth and subsistence crisis in the disastrous eighteenth century -- Regional, national and global dimensions of vulnerability and crisis in colonial Mexico. |
| Subject |
Human ecology -- Mexico -- History.
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Water-supply -- Mexico -- History.
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Subsistence economy -- Mexico -- History.
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Mexico -- Environmental conditions.
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Mexico -- History -- Spanish colony, 1540-1810.
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| ISBN |
9781405145824 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
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140514582X (pbk. : alk. paper) |
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9781405145831 (hardcover : alk. paper) |
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1405145838 (hardcover : alk. paper) |
| Standard No. |
AU@ 000041888689 |
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NZ1 11629880 |
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NLGGC 308729110 |
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