Viticultura y mercado en el Perú colonial : Arequipa 1770-1850

Abstract

During the colonial period, an intensive viticulture flourished in the valleys of the south coast of Peru. This article reveals the development of this sector in the region of Arequipa, and its early articulation with the structures of trade and exchange that emerged around the mining demand. A direct correspondence between the prosperity of viticulture in Arequipa and the health of the colonial Andean market is established, a relationship that persisted through South American independence. This article is based on research based on the tithe records of the Archiepiscopal Archive of Arequipa, which was submitted as a doctoral thesis at the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales, Paris.