Soap of Mendoza: Contribution to the Study of Trans-Andean Trade (1697-1870)
In the framework of the trans-Andean trade of the seventeenth, eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, a relevant role fitted Mendoza’s soap. This was a typical product, famous for its quality and highly demanded by foreign markets: it was exported regularly to Chile and Peru, and it was sold in Califo...
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| Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
| Language: | Spanish |
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Ibero-Amerikanisches Institut Preußischer Kulturbesitz (Berlin)
2019
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| Online Access: | http://journals.iai.spk-berlin.de/index.php/iberoamericana/article/view/2241 https://doi.org/10.18441/ibam.19.2019.70.133-155 |
| Summary: | In the framework of the trans-Andean trade of the seventeenth, eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, a relevant role fitted Mendoza’s soap. This was a typical product, famous for its quality and highly demanded by foreign markets: it was exported regularly to Chile and Peru, and it was sold in California during the gold rush. From this case study, we seek to make a contribution to the understanding of intra-Latin American regional trade in a historical period in which the attention of the mainstream of the academy has focused on exchanges with markets of the North Atlantic. From unpublished original archival documentation, this article provides evidence to understand the high quality of this product, which managed to maintain itself in the market despite the competition represented by the European industry. En el marco del comercio trasandino de los siglos XVII, XVIII y XIX, un papel relevante cupo al jabón de Mendoza. Este fue un producto típico, famoso por su calidad y muy demandado por los mercados externos: se exportaba regularmente a Chile y Perú, y llegó a venderse en California durante la fiebre del oro. A partir de este estudio de caso, se busca realizar un aporte a la comprensión del comercio regional intra-latinoamericano en un periodo histórico en el cual la atención de la corriente principal de la academia se ha focalizado en los intercambios con los mercados del Atlántico Norte. A partir de documentación original inédita de archivos, este artículo aporta evidencia para comprender la alta calidad de este producto, que logró sostenerse en el mercado a pesar de la competencia que representaba la industria europea. |
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