Between humanism and mercantilism: the common good in the meat supply of the City of Mexico, 1708-1716

Authors

  • Enriqueta Quiroz Doctora en Historia por el Colegio de México; Profesora Investigadora a nivel Titular del Instituto de Investigaciones Dr. José María Luis Mora, Distrito Federal

Abstract

This article analyzes the political practices exercised by local government offi cials in Mexico City in the early eighteenth century, around the meat supply. The idea is to observe the common good, but settled not only in humanism doctrine, but also within a mercantilist policy, in which the economic interests of the Crown intended to come together as one body with those of his subjects.    

Keywords:

supply, humanism, mercantilism, common good, meat, Mexico City