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Relaciones. Estudios de historia y sociedad
On-line version ISSN 2448-7554Print version ISSN 0185-3929
Abstract
LARIS PARDO, Jorge Alejandro. Historiographical essay on the Commodity Chain of mercury in the Hispanic Monarchy. Relac. Estud. hist. soc. [online]. 2022, vol.43, n.170, pp.71-94. Epub Apr 21, 2023. ISSN 2448-7554. https://doi.org/10.24901/rehs.v43i170.848.
This is a bibliographical essay about the Hispanic mercury trade from the 16th to 18th centuries that proposes a model of the quicksilver trade built around the Commodity Chains Methodology. The topic has been divided into four sections: origins, production, trade, and consumption. This allows for systematizing and synthesizing the historiographical knowledge of the subject. It emphasizes the transcontinental scope of this Commodity chain.
Keywords : Global History; mining; Hispanic Monarchy; mercury; Commodity Chains.