Contraband trade through Trujillo, Honduras, 1720s-1782
British people ; Eighteenth Century ; Hispanics ; Historical geography ; Honduras ; Trade
During most of the 18th century, Trujillo, Honduras, served as an entrepôt for contraband trade between Central Americans in the Audiencia de Guatemala and the British who had settled at Black River on the Mosquito shore and in Jamaica. The Central
Americans traded mainly indigo and cattle for British textiles. Until 1782, when Trujillo was reoccupied by the Spanish forces, the authorities were nearly powerless to stop the contraband trade. Afterward, smuggling continued, but on a much smaller scale
Market-place trading and the transformation of retail space in the expanding Latin American city
Competition ; Ecuador ; Government intervention ; Latin America ; Location ; Market ; Periodic market ; Quito ; Retail trade ; Shopping centre ; Urban area ; Urban growth
The global spread of the supermarket and the planned shopping centre is transforming retail space in the Latin American city. Market-place trading has continued to flourish in most cities. A case study of Quito shows how new periodic markets have
been established and that these are consolidated into daily markets. Much of the dynamism in market-place trading is associated with government intervention, with principal policies being the creation of markets in poorly served urban areas
and a reduction in the concentration of trading in the historic centre.
Antidumping legislation ; Data ; Economic strategy ; International trade ; Raw materials ; United States of America
for such intervention, and identifying a variety of factors influencing trade in the imported commodities. Analysis of overall trade patterns provides a basis for assessing the impact of imports on affected US industries as well as of antidumping measures on Russian
Canada ; Capitalism ; Collective bargaining ; Economic restructuring ; Industrial organization ; Industry ; Production ; Trade unionism ; Work organization
The paper begins with a brief overview of how researchers have theorized the effects of capital's (re)organization of production on the geographies of trade unionism. Following a conceptual outline of the emergence of community unionism, two
Boston ; Economic sector ; Ethnicity ; Gender ; Massachusetts ; Public space ; Social geography ; Trade unionism ; United States of America ; Woman
A commentary on the four articles devoted to gender and the city. Two strikes organized under the auspices of the Women's Trade Union League are compared. The different histories of the telephone and garment workers' strikes in Boston are used
Capitalism ; Industry ; Participation ; Privatisation ; Trade unionism ; United Kingdom
to the firm and its future. Lack of employee power and finance excluded most workers from the processes and philosophy of the buyout. It is argued that government and trade unions can do more to promote wider employee ownership and participation at work