In Caterina Pizzigoni’s work The Life Within: Local Indigenous Society in Mexico’s Toluca Valley, 1650-1800 <\/em>the social structure and customs of the Toluca valley residents are described. The first pages of Ch. 5 set out to illustrate the importance of agriculture in this community. In the first few pages we are introduced to examples of maguey (this is apparently some type of agave) being willed away like property would be today, there are also examples of this involving livestock like pigs and oxen. I agree with my peer Diana<\/a> that oxen seemed important to the people of the valley because they were used for food, agriculture and rarely collateral for loans. While some indications of egalitarianism are found in the culture of the valley, it seems to be drowned out by the influence of Spanish culture and the desire for monetary wealth.<\/p>\n

The emphasis this book puts on the economy of a specific region has a lot of similarities with previous works we have read this semester. Some examples include Mangan’s work on Potosi and how the city existed solely for the purpose of economic gain. A better example may be the Murder on the saltwater frontier article which kinda describes how imperialistic ideas changed how people of different regions traded and operated.<\/p>\n

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