Plebeian Consumers Book contents
- Plebeian Consumers
- Cambridge Latin American Studies
- Plebeian Consumers
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- 1 Consumers, Citizens, and the Republican Project
- 2 From Ferias to Tiendas
- 3 Zarazas, Bayetas, and Bogotanas
- 4 Machetes, Axes, and Foreign Tools
- 5 Books, Hats, and “Foreign” Coats
- 6 Soap, Pills, and Toiletries
- Epilogue
- Glossary
- Bibliography
- Index
- Series page
1 - Consumers, Citizens, and the Republican Project
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 18 December 2024
- Plebeian Consumers
- Cambridge Latin American Studies
- Plebeian Consumers
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- 1 Consumers, Citizens, and the Republican Project
- 2 From Ferias to Tiendas
- 3 Zarazas, Bayetas, and Bogotanas
- 4 Machetes, Axes, and Foreign Tools
- 5 Books, Hats, and “Foreign” Coats
- 6 Soap, Pills, and Toiletries
- Epilogue
- Glossary
- Bibliography
- Index
- Series page
Summary
Chapter 1 explores how the elites’ economic republican project, based on the modern science of political economy, was closely linked to ordinary people’s desire to consume foreign goods. It explores how for those in power as well as for those seeking recognition as political subjects, ideas and practices of citizenship were inevitably tied to participation as consumers in the marketplace – understood not as a mere container of economic transactions but as a node of complex social processes and a creator of cultural and political activity. By so doing, the chapter reveals that in nineteenth-century Colombia, politics was everywhere, and the marketplace was no exception.
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- Plebeian ConsumersGlobal Connections, Local Trade, and Foreign Goods in Nineteenth-Century Colombia, pp. 23 - 51Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2024