Preferred Citation: Lindo-Fuentes, Hector. Weak Foundations: The Economy of El Salvador in the Nineteenth Century 1821-1898. Berkeley:  University of California Press,  c1990 1990. http://ark.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/ft3199n7r3/


 

Index

A

Acajutla: impact of coffee on, 121 , 168 ;

pier, 76 , 183 ;

pirate attacks to, 11 ;

railroad, 170 -72;

and road network, 74 , 77 , 78 , 169 ;

telegraph, 168 ;

trade through, 14 , 29 , 44 , 45 , 154

Aculhuaca, 53

Agriculture: machinery, 96 ;

school of, 181 ;

subsistence, 27 , 148 ;

tools, 158 , 180 ;

traditional, 3 , 5 , 22 , 33 , 123 , 186

Aguilar, Eugenio, 185

Aguilar family, 185

Ahuachapán, 77 , 121 , 168 , 213 n.52, 215 n.29

Alvarez family, 183

Alvarez Hermanos, 162

American Civil War, 109 -10, 114 -15, 123 , 178

Aniline. See Artificial dyes

Apaneca, 84

Aquino, Anastasio, 132

Arab immigration, 183 -84

Araujo, Manuel Enrique, 153

Arce, Manuel José, 42 , 46 -47

Argentina, 123 , 142 , 160 , 187

Armenia, Sonsonate, 109 , 170

Army, 11 , 79 -80, 133 , 155

Artificial dyes, 115 , 119 , 140

Artisans, 19 , 48 , 86

Asamblea Nacional Constituyente, 46 , 67

Aspinwall, William, 74

Ataco, 101

Ateos, 171

Atiquizaya, 136

Australian Royal Mail Service, 173

Aycinena family, 58 , 91

Aycinena, Juan Fermin, 9 , 37 , 53

Ayuntamientos, 8

B

Balance of trade, 106 . See also Exports;

Imports;

Trade

Baldíos: claims, 207 n.50;

and ejidos, 130 ;

prices, 119 ;

sale of, 91 , 124 , 133 . See also Land;

Liberal reforms

Balsam, 148

Banco Agricola Comercial, 183

Banco Ahuachapaneco, 215 n.29

Banco Internacional, 160 , 161 , 162 , 185

Banco Occidental, 215 n.29

Banks, 159 , 160 -61, 165 -67, 187

Barclay, Herring, and Richardson, 47 , 79

Barrios, Gerardo: army modernization and, 64 , 65 ;

on indigo processing, 115 ;

land policies, 90 , 127 ;

ouster, 133 ;

political stability under, 114 ;

views, 82

Barrundia, Martín, 9

Belgium, 66

Belize: contraband through, 42 , 43 ;

merchants, 44 , 45 ;

route, 74 , 105 ;

specie exports to, 41 ;

trade through, 43 -45, 103 , 154

Bell, Andrew, 67

Bello, Andrés, 65

Belot, Gustave de, 94

Bengal, 30

Bennett, Marshall, 44 , 179

Billings, 168


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Birmingham, 185

Blanco y Trigueros, 215 n.26

Blockades, 66 , 102 , 111

Bolívar, Simón, 67

Bolivia, 162

Bonds, 78 -79, 95 , 167

Bourbon reforms, 7 -9, 10 -19, 33

Brandy monopoly, 175 -76

Bresse, M. de, 78

Bridges, 78 , 169

Browning, David, 27 , 125 -30, 145 , 211 n.15

Bueron, Juan Luis, 169 , 170 , 171 , 181

Butterfield, General, 170 , 171

Butters Salvador Mines, Ltd., 180

C

Cable communications, 168

Cádiz, commercial houses, 13 , 15 , 16 , 32 ;

end of monopoly, 9 ;

exports to, 14 ;

and indigo prices, 41 ;

and indigo taxes, 30

Cajas de consolidación, 18

Calderón, Higinio, 148

California, exports to, 97 , 155 , 173 ;

and trade expansion, 74 , 104 , 122

Callao, 29

Caluco, 149

Camacho, Francisco, 170 , 218 n.77

Campo, Rafael, 111

Candles, 166 , 179

Cape Horn route: competitiveness of, 104 , 106 , 173 , 174 ;

and trade, 45 , 101 , 103 , 108

Capellanías, 18

Capital, 128 , 159 , 181 , 186 , 188 -89

Captain-General, 11 . See also Gálvez, Matías de

Captaincy-General, 10 , 17 , 32

Carondelet, Barón de, 11 , 12 , 19

Carrera, Rafael, 58 , 81 , 131 , 133

Castro, Esteban, 87

Catholic Church, 131 , 133 , 134 , 212

Cattle raising, 27 , 43 , 96

Central American Mint Limited, 163

Central American Public Works Company, 171 , 172

Central American Steam Navigation Company, 75

Cerna, Vicente, 133

Chalatenango, 109

Chalchuapa, 64

Chatfield, Frederick, 66

Chiapas, 38

Chile, 44 , 45 , 58 , 123 , 162

China, 174

Cholera morbus, 114 , 133

Civil code, 65

Coatepeque, 148

Cochineal, 40 , 44 , 60

Cochrane, Lord, 183

Code of commerce, 65

Coelho, José Antonio, 67 , 68 , 116

Coffee, 116 -22;

cultivation and processing, 118 ;

exports, 103 , 112 , 188 ;

incentives to, 117 , 187 ;

prices, 112 , 138 , 165 , 167

Cojutepeque, 133 , 136

Colegio de la Asunción, 70

Colombia, 145 , 173 , 183

Colón, currency, 163

Colón, Panama, 75 , 154

Colonos, 158

Colindres, Eduardo, 182 , 183 , 184

Columbus , 75 , 76

Comayagua, 38

Commercial regulations, 13

Communal lands: defined, 27 ;

and ejidos, 132 ;

geographical location, 141 ;

importance, 88 -90;

labor in, 142 , 156 ;

as obstacle to coffee, 126 -27, 131 ;

production in, 22 , 100 , 101 , 145 ;

size of holdings, 148 . See also Land;

Liberal reforms

Conscriptions, 56

Conservatives, 37 , 131 , 136 , 153

Consolidación de deudas, 14 , 18

Consulado, 16 , 30

Contraband, 42 , 43 , 46 , 178

Convents, 18

Cortés y Larraz, Pedro, 11

Costa Rica: coffee cultivation in, 116 , 187 ;

credit and investment, 52 -53, 118 , 145 , 187 , 189 ;

education in, 69 -70, 189

Cotton, 108 -111, 141 , 178 , 209 n.43

Courtade, 181

Credit: and coffee, 121 ;

and indigo, 28 ;

institutions, 159 -162; 215 n.26;

market, 93 -95, 144 ;

reform, 146 ;

and wars, 186 . See also Habilitación;

Montepío de Cosecheros de Añil;

Mortgages

Cuartillo, 162

Cuba, 123

Curagao, 183

Currency, 7 , 162 , 166 , 216 n.36

Cuscatlán, 68 , 84 , 85 , 91

Custom duties. See Import duties

D

D'Arlach, H. de T., 50

De Sola, Herbert, 179 , 183

Debt, federal, 161 . See also Barclay, Herring, and Richardson

Debt peonage. See Labor, colonial

Dependency theory, 16

Divisadero, 180

Divisadero Gold and Silver Mining Company, 180

Dolores Izalco. See Izalco


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Dueñas, Francisco, 54 , 65 , 90 , 133 , 212 n.24

Duke, Maurice, 159 , 170 , 171 , 183

Duke, Rodolfo, 183

Dunlop, Robert G., 50 , 52 , 56 , 59

Dunn, Henry, 59 , 67

E

Earthquakes, 89 , 169

Education: after independence, 66 -72;

before independence, 11 -12;

expenditure in, 80 , 202 n.35;

and inequality, 187 ;

and war, 186

Ejidos: and communal lands, 132 ;

defined, 27 ;

geographical location, 141 ;

importance, 88 -90;

labor in, 142 , 156 ;

and liberal reforms, 125 , 128 , 135 , 147 , 150 ;

as obstacle to coffee, 126 , 127 , 131 ;

production in, 22 , 100 , 101 , 145 ;

size of holdings, 129 , 130 , 148 ;

and surveyors, 181 . See also Land;

Liberal reforms

El Triunfo, 173

Electricity, 184

Encuentros, 180

Engineering, 148 , 181

England. See Great Britain

Entrepreneurship, 4 , 122

Escuela Politécnica, 65 , 70

Escuela de la República, 12

Espinosa, Tomás, 132

Exports: coffee and indigo, 60 , 152 , 154 , 155 ;

per capita, 102 , 123 ;

total, 41 , 60 , 113 , 167 . See also Coffee;

Indigo

Exposition Universel, 152

Ezeta, Carlos: and gold standard, 153 , 163 -166, 177 , 216 n.52;

ouster, 164 , 168

F

Facultad de Ingeniería Civil, 181

Fairs, 15 , 29 , 43 , 99 , 107 . See also Guatemala;

San Miguel;

San Vicente

Federation, 47 , 196 n.2

Fertilizers, 158

Filisola, Vicente, 37 , 38

Financial intermediaries, 106

Fincas, 156 . See also Coffee;

Land

Flores, Natividad, 148

Food, 21 , 24 , 87 , 119

Foote, Henry Grant, 118 , 181

Foote, Mrs. Henry, Grant, 101

Forced loans, 52

Foreign Office, 147 , 162

France, 66 , 162 , 169

Freights. See Transportation costs

Froebel, Julius, 56

Fuero militar, 11

G

Gaínza, Gabino, 37

Gallardo, Manuel, 68 , 94 -95, 136

Gálvez, Mariano, 44

Gálvez, Matías de, 15 , 20 , 28

George B. Kerferd and Company, 161 , 215 n.30. See also Kerferd Sinclair and Company

Germany, 162

Glower, 181

Gold Rush: impact on revenue, 79 ;

and trade, 1 , 74 , 83 , 123 ;

and trade routes, 187

Gold standard, 163 -165, 167 , 177

Golfo Dulce, Bodegas, 29 , 30

González, Santiago, 69 , 169

Goodyear, W., 219 n.109

Granada, Nicaragua, 38

Grant, Ulises, 170

Great Britain: currency, 162 ;

exports to, 44 ;

imports from, 41 , 43 , 155 ;

and Nicaragua, 66 ;

obstructions to trade, 14 , 29 , 30 , 60 , 102 , 111 ;

tariffs, 30 ;

trade with, 45 , 154 ;

treaty with, 66

Gresham's Law, 162 , 163

Guadalquivir Canal, 30

Guardia Nacional, 64

Guatemala: audiencia of, 11 ;

conservatives and, 136 ;

currency, 162 ;

exports via, 103 ;

fairs, 14 , 16 ;

and indigo, 9 , 13 ;

invasion of, 54 ;

Kingdom of, 8 , 36 ;

railroad to, 170 , 218 n.86;

shipping to, 75 ;

telegraph service with, 168 ;

trade with, 58 ;

wars with, 51 , 53 , 62 , 114 , 115 , 133 , 169

Guatemala , 75

Guayaquil, 29

Guayabal, 90

Guaymango, 10

Guillermo A. Knoepfel, 106

Guirola family, 183

Gulf of Honduras, 13 , 14 , 29

Gunpowder monopoly, 175 . See also Taxes

Gutiérrez, Rafael: and gold standard, 166 ;

and railroad contracts, 172 ;

tax policies, 153 , 165 , 177 ;

ouster, 167 , 168

Gutiérrez y Ulloa, Antonio: on education, 12 ;

on food production, 87 ;

on haciendas, 130 ;

on labor, 19 , 20 ;

report, 7

H

Habilitación, 93 , 161 . See also Credit

Haciendas: description, 88 -89;

expansion, 142 ;

importance, 27 ;

number of, 195 n.79;

size, 25 , 130 , 195 n.82, 211 n.15

Haefkens, Jacobo, 41

Hall, Edward, 78

Hamburg, 173 , 185

Hamburg-Pacific, 174

Hinds, 181

Hispano-Centroamericana, 173


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Hoil, William, 108

Honduras: cattle breeding in, 14 , 27 ;

currency, 162 ;

indigo production in, 13 ;

mining, 15 ;

and Pact of Amapala, 167 ;

trade with, 101 , 103 ;

wars with, 62

Hospitals, 18

I

Ilobasco, 85

Ilopango, 135

Immigration, 181 -184, 187

Import duties, 176 , 178 . See also Revenue;

Taxes

Imports: and gold standard, 164 ;

impact on importables, 208 n.28;

machinery, 155 ;

and revenues, 79 ;

textile, 107 , 155 ;

total, 41 , 42 , 113 , 106

Income per capita, 194 n.52

Independence, 35

India, 30

Indian(s): conscription of, 56 ;

and debt consolidation decree, 18 ;

education, 12 , 71 -72;

land, 18 , 126 , 129 , 148 , 187 ;

legal system and, 148 ;

liberal reforms and, 130 , 131 , 147 ;

market participation, 27 , 99 ;

as obstacle to growth, 145 ;

population, 72 ;

revolts, 111 , 132 , 133 , 134 , 136 , 167 , 213 n.37

Indigo, 111 -16;

cultivation method, 21 ;

exports, 40 , 44 , 110 , 112 ;

financing, 28 ;

foreign competition, 30 ;

geographic distribution, 26 ;

in Honduras, 13 ;

importance, 9 -10;

labor, 21 ;

marketing, 13 -16, 29 ;

prices, 15 -16, 28 , 41 , 60 , 108 , 138 ;

processing, 22 , 115 , 194 n.71;

production, 8 , 10 , 31 , 41 , 111 -16, 186 ;

taxes, 15 , 29 ;

tithes, 25 , 29 ;

yield, 111 . See also Montepío de Cosecheros de Añil

Indigo Grower's Society. See Montepío de Cosecheros de Añil

Industrial revolution, 9 , 82

Industry, 43 , 178 -79, 189

Inequality, 186

Intendentes, 8 . See also Carondelet, Barón de

Interest rates: before banks, 28 , 161 ;

and coffee, 118 ;

and 1898 crisis, 166 ;

and habilitaciones, 94 , 160 ;

and transportation, 104

International Railways of Central America, 172 , 218 n.86

Investment, 51 , 186

Iron. See Mining

Irrigation, 158

Iturbide, Agustín de, 35 , 36 , 37 , 38

Izabal, 44 , 74 , 103 , 106 , 120

Izalco, 12 , 134 , 136

Iztapa, 45

J

Jamaica, 42

Jeffreys, Wilson, 108

Jiquilisco Bay, 73

Jiquilite. See Indigo

Juarros, Domingo, 10

Juarros, Gaspar, 9

Judges, 65 -66

Junta de Consolidación, 18

Junta Consultiva Provisional, 37

Juntas de Comercio, 16

Jutiapa, 89

Juzgado de Hacienda, 162

K

Keilahuer, René, 172 , 181

Kelly, William, 160

Kerferd Sinclair and Company, 106 . See also George B. Kerferd and Company

Knoepfel. See Guillermo A. Knoepfel

Kosmos, 173

L

La Ceiba, 170 , 171

La Favorita, 179

La Libertad: pier, 76 , 78 , 183 ;

railroad, 169 , 170 ;

road, 73 , 77 , 169 ;

telegraph, 168 ;

trade through, 121 , 168 ;

transportation network and, 74

La Paz, 90 , 101 , 109

La Unión: pier, 76 ;

railroad, 164 , 169 , 170 , 171 , 172 , 218 n.86;

roads, 77 , 78 , 169 ;

San Miguel fair and, 101 ;

trade through, 45 , 121 , 168 ;

transportation network and, 74

Labor: after 1850, 156 -159;

in the colonial period, 19 , 23 , 142 , 200 n.88;

division of, 86 ;

and liberal reforms, 142 -43;

relative to land, 141 ;

scarcity of, 83 , 85 ;

and wars, 54 -58

Lancaster, Joseph, 67

Lancasterian teaching method, 67 , 116 , 202 n.24

Land: distribution, 149 , 150 ;

leases, 158 ;

market, 141 ;

prices, 89 , 91 , 119 ;

private, 150 ;

registry, 213 n.52, 214 n.58;

scarcity, 141 -43;

tenure changes, 142 ;

titles, 147 . See also Baldíos;

Communal lands;

Ejidos;

Liberal reforms

Lazard, Frères & Co., 152

Le Havre, 166

Leather industry, 179

Leff, Nathaniel, 4

Legal system, 65 -66

Lempa river, 78

León, Nicaragua, 38


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Lesseps, Fernand de, 183

Levy, Moses, 147

Ley de Titulación de Predios Rústicos, 149

Liberal reforms, 5 , 6 , 140 , 147 -48, 188

Liberals, 37 , 131 , 132 , 153

Lindo, Juan, 70

Liverpool, 75 , 103 , 104

Locusts, 30 , 108 , 111 , 139

London, 161 , 170

Looms. See Textile industry

López, Lorenzo, 121

Luna, David Alejandro, 125

M

Macay, Miguel, 180

Manchester, 108

Marqués de Campos, 173

Marure, Alejandro, 50 , 56

Matanza, 5 , 6 , 213 n.39

Mathe, 181

Mayorga, Juan de Dios, 38 , 39

Medina, José Francisco, 161

Mejicanos, 135

Melo, José María, 64

Menéndez, Francisco, 169

Menéndez, Isidro, 64 , 65

Menjívar, Rafael, 128 , 129 , 130 , 144

Merchants: Belize, 44 , 45 ;

British, 45 , 101 , 162 ;

French, 101 ;

German, 101 ;

Guatemalan, after independence, 28 , 29 , 43 , 48 , 107 ;

Guatemalan, credit, 45 , 144 ;

Guatemalan, rise, 9 , 14 ;

Guatemalan, and trade, 10 , 13 , 16

Metapán, 20 , 91 , 180 , 194 n.66

Mexico: colonial taxes, 18 ;

food consumption in, 24 ;

immigration to, 187 ;

invasion, 35 -38;

Lancaster schools in, 67 ;

luxury imports in, 107 ;

railroad, 142 ;

trade, 18 , 173 ;

treaty with, 66

Migration, 156

Military school, 65 , 184 . See also Escuela Politécnica

Mining, 20 , 179 -180

Mint, 163

Monasteries, 18

Montepío de Cosecheros de Añil: creation of, 15 ;

and credit market, 33 , 45 , 118 , 144 ;

and politics, 8 , 47 ;

problems, 28 . See also Credit;

Indigo

Montúfar, Lorenzo, 58

Montúfar, Manuel, 36 , 43

Morazán, Francisco, 52 , 132 , 196 n.2

Mortgages, 95 , 145 , 160 , 161 . See also Credit

N

Napoleonic Wars, 30 , 33 , 40

National Palace, 177 , 184

Nejapa, 53

New Spain, 17 , 36 , 194 n.52

New York, 166

Nicaragua: and Mexican invasion, 38 ;

and Pact of Amapala, 167 ;

products, 13 , 15 , 109 ;

trade route, 74 ;

wars with, 62 , 111 , 114

Nueva San Salvador. See Santa Tecla

O

Obrajes, 24

Omoa, 14 , 29 , 42

Ottoman empire, 184

P

Pacific Bridge Company, 169

Pacific Mail Steamship Company, 75 , 104 , 172 -174, 218 n.94

Pact of Amapala, 167

Palacios, Juan Manuel, 134

Panama: and colonial taxes, 18 ;

and De Sola's business, 183 ;

route, transportation costs, 105 , 120 ;

route, trade, 74 , 75 , 173

Panama Canal, 106

Panama railroad: freights, 105 ;

impact on trade, 1 , 104 , 107 , 122 -23, 154 ;

and introduction of coffee, 120 ;

service, 76 ;

and shipping routes, 174

Panama Railroad Company: routes, 75 , 172 ;

subsidy, 105 , 123 ;

and trade, 101 , 104 -06

Parker, Robert, 183

Partidos, 8

Peddlers, 19 , 102

Penal code, 65

Peñalver y Cárdenas, Luis de, 12

Peru, 44 , 45 , 123 , 162 , 187

Peso. See Currency

Piers, 169

Piñol, José, 9

Pioneer , 173

Plan de Iguala, 36

Police, 63 -64, 83

Population, 8 , 19 , 84 , 186 , 194 n.66

Ports. See Acajutla;

El Triunfo;

La Libertad;

La Unión

Positivism, 82

Prices: bonds, 79 ;

food, 100 ;

and introduction of coffee, 120 ;

silver, 165 . See also specific product

Prince Albert , 173

Professionals, 19

Protectionism, 1 , 42 , 178

Prussia, 66

Public works, 80 , 155 . See also specific activity

Puntero, 22


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R

Railroads, 168 -172, 175 . See also Panama Railroad;

specific destination

Rainschail, 185

Rebozos, 101 , 103 , 178

Regalado, Tomás, 5 , 6 , 153 , 162 , 167

Registro de la propiedad raíz de la sección de occidente, 148

Regression analysis, 138

Relative prices, 137 , 141

Repartimiento, 20 , 23 , 142 . See also Labor

Revenue: after 1850, 175 -177;

in colonial period, 32 , 194 n.52, 196 n.3;

and gold standard crisis, 164 , 167 . See also Taxes

Roads, 77 -78, 168 , 169 , 175 , 187 . See also specific destination

Rodríguez, Juan Manuel, 132 , 133

Rosario de La Pax. See La Paz

Royal Tobacco Administration, 15

S

Salvador

Salvador Coffee Estates Company, Limited, 161 , 162

Salvador Railway Construction Company, 170 , 218 n.77

Salvador Railways Company, 172

San Francisco, California, 173

San Ignacio, 148

San Miguel: agriculture, 108 , 110 , 121 ;

education in, 12 ;

fair, 45 , 101 , 102 , 122 , 168 ;

haciendas, 54 ;

mortgages in, 95 ;

railroad, 171 , 172 ;

roads, 77 , 169

San Pedro Nonualco, 90

San Pedro Puxtla, 101

San Salvador: city, cost of living, 19 ;

city, communications, 77 , 168 , 169 , 170 -171;

city, education, 12 ;

city, population, 86 , 184 ;

intendancy, administration, 8 , 10 ;

intendancy, and debt consolidation decree, 18 ;

intendancy, fair, 16 ;

intendancy, independence, 35 ;

intendancy, production, 17 , 31 ;

province (after independence), 68 , 95 , 108 , 109

San Vicente: agriculture, 87 , 109 , 117 , 121 ;

credit, 94 ;

education, 12 ;

and ejidos, 89 , 135 ;

fair, 16 , 45 , 102 , 115 , 168 ;

haciendas, 54 ;

labor in, 85 ;

land prices in, 91 ;

tithes, 25

Sánchez Espino, Domingo, 20

Santa Ana: city, population, 86 , 87 ;

city, railroad, 170 , 171 ;

city, roads, 77 , 78 , 168 , 169 ;

city, telegraph, 168 ;

province, agriculture, 109 , 121 ;

province, education, 68 ;

province, Indian revolt, 136 ;

province, labor force, 85 , 86 ;

province, land registry, 213 n.52;

province, sugar mills, 96 , 97

Santa Ana Central Coffee Company, 162

Santa Isabel Ishuantán, 149

Santa María Ostuma, 90

Santa Tecla, 91 , 117 , 169 , 171

Savage, Charles, 42

Scherzer, Carl von, 68 , 81 , 117 , 181

Schools, 18 , 67 -70, 155 . See also Education

Schultz, Theodore, 3 , 22

Seroon. See Zurrón

Shipping, 103 , 154 , 172 -174

Silver, 20 , 60 , 103 , 164 . See also Mining

Sitio del Niño, 171

Situados, 17 , 36 , 196 n.3

Smith, Adam, 131

Soap manufacturing, 179

Société du Crédit Mobilier, 180

Société Francaise des Mines de San Salvador, 180

Sonsonate: Alcaldía Mayor, 191 n.2;

province, agriculture, 108 , 109 , 121 ;

town, description, 86 ;

town, education, 12 ;

town, land registry, 213 n.52;

town, rail-road, 171 , 172 ;

town, roads, 77 , 78 , 169 ;

town, telegraph, 168

South American Steamship Company, 174

Soyapango, 135

Spain, 14 , 17 -18, 29 , 30 , 66

Spearman's rank-order correlation, 142 -43

Squier, Ephraim George, 108 , 109 , 111

Statistics bureau, 167

Suárez, Francisco de Paula, 160

Subdelegaciones, 8

Suchitoto, 25 , 68 , 85 , 87 , 102

Sugar, 96 , 97 , 103 , 207 n.60

Syndicat Général de Monnaie, 163

T

Tabanco, 44 , 179 , 180

Tanneries. See Leather industry

Tarifa de aforos, 136 , 176 , 205 n.11

Taxes: and coffee, 117 , 153 , 177 , 187 , 219 n.101;

colonial, 15 -18, 78 ;

custom, 42 , 167 , 174 , 176 , 177 ;

during federation, 46 ;

and gold standard crisis, 164 -165

Tecoluca, 135

Tejutla, 25

Telegraph, 133 , 168 , 175

Telephone, 169

Tempsky, G. F. von, 77

Tenancingo, 101

Terrenos baldíos. See Baldíos

Texistepeque, 68

Textile industry, 43 , 178

Thompson, George A., 38 , 43 , 197 n.17

Torres Rivas, Edelberto, 125

Trade, 16 -17, 58 -60, 75 , 205 n.11. See also Exports;

Imports


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Traditional agriculture. See Agriculture

Transportation costs, 104 -105, 119 , 120 , 208 n.22

Transvaal, 183

Treaties, 66

Tributos. See Taxes, colonial

Trujillo, 14 , 29

U

United Fruit Company, 172

United States of America: economic example of, 134 ;

and exports, 123 , 154 ;

and monetary system, 162 ;

railroad contractors, 170 ;

strategic interests, 66

Universidad de El Salvador, 70 , 148 , 181

Universidad de San Carlos, 11

Urruela, Gregorio, 9

Urrutia, Carlos, 43

Uruguay, 123

Usulután, 108

V

Vagrancy laws, 83 , 88

Valle, Andrés, 134

Valle, José Cecilio del: on economic conditions, 40 , 41 , 43 ;

on trade, 30 , 46 ;

on politics, 37

Valparaíso, 29 , 173

Vanderbilt, Cornelius, 170

Vasconcelos, Doroteo, 115

Venezuela, 30

Veracruz, 14 , 29 , 30 , 44

Villa Verapaz, 135

W

Wages, 57 , 85 , 87 , 157

Walker, William, 63 , 66 , 111

Wars, 49 -61, 80. See also specific country

Washington Treaties, 154

White, Alastair, 55

Woodward, Ralph Lee Jr., 49

Wortman, Miles, 32

Z

Zacatecoluca, 12 , 54 , 59

Zaldívar, Rafael, 169 , 170 , 217 n.77, 219 n.109

Zebadua, Marcial, 32

Zurrón, 15


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Preferred Citation: Lindo-Fuentes, Hector. Weak Foundations: The Economy of El Salvador in the Nineteenth Century 1821-1898. Berkeley:  University of California Press,  c1990 1990. http://ark.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/ft3199n7r3/