Oaxaca: geografía histórica de la grana cochinilla

During the Colonial centuries, the "grana cochinilla", an insect providing red dye, was cultivated in Oaxaca and created great richess, even though no important mines were exploited in the area. By the XIX century, a technological innovation, the discovery of artificial anilines, ended tha...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Atlántida Coll-Hurtado
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México 1998-01-01
Series:Investigaciones Geográficas
Online Access:http://www.investigacionesgeograficas.unam.mx/index.php/rig/article/view/59063