Oaxaca: geografía histórica de la grana cochinilla

During the Colonial centuries, the "grana cochinilla", an insect providing red dye, was cultivated in Oaxaca and created great richess, even though no important mines were exploited in the area. By the XIX century, a technological innovation, the discovery of artificial anilines, ended tha...

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Main Author: Atlántida Coll-Hurtado
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México 1998-01-01
Series:Investigaciones Geográficas
Online Access:http://www.investigacionesgeograficas.unam.mx/index.php/rig/article/view/59063
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Summary:During the Colonial centuries, the "grana cochinilla", an insect providing red dye, was cultivated in Oaxaca and created great richess, even though no important mines were exploited in the area. By the XIX century, a technological innovation, the discovery of artificial anilines, ended that activity and Oaxaca became the poor region it is nowadays.
ISSN:0188-4611
2448-7279