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• Preface(p. vii)
• 1 The Establishment Of The Potosí Mita(p. 1)
• 2 The Metamorphosis of The Mita, 1580-1680(p. 23)
• 3 The Mita and the Azogueros 1580-1680(p. 46)
• 4 Administering the Mita 1580-1650(p. 62)
• 5 Administering the Mita 1650-1680(p. 88)
• 6 Administering the Mita 1680-1700(p. 105)
• 7 Conclusions(p. 123)
• Reference Matter(p. 137)
• Notes(p. 139)
• Bibliography(p. 183)
• Index(p. 197)

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The colonial drafting of Indian labor for the silver mines of Potosi, first introduced in a comprehensive fashion by the viceregal administration of Francesco de Toledo (1569-81), helped to put the Bolivian silver industry on a regular footing after the first silver rush had passed. The mita was part of a bargain whereby the crown supplied subsidized cheap labor in return for investments by the first mercury smelters in plants and machinery. Through the rough times of the 17th century the mita survived Indian migration and population decline, competition from other employers of native labor, bureaucratic inertia, misunderstandings and bungling, and increasing abuse of the workers. Although the mita probably failed to justify its existence on most counts, it did help silver mining to survive until its 18th-century revival at Potosi. Cole's concise and well-argued small book should be read in conjunction with Peter Bakewell's recent work, Miners of the Red Mountain: Indian Labor in Potosi, 1545-1650 (CH, Jun '85). University libraries.-M.J. MacLeod, University of Arizona