Economic Activity of Grocery Asentistas of the Montevideo Navy, 1770-1810

Abstract

It analyzes the contractors of food Montevideo Navy between 1770 and 1810. The multiple activities of the contractors open the door to the world of the provision of goods and services, enabling us to look “from above” society and its socio-economic actors, and try to answer several questions: what were the types of contract between food providers and the authorities in power?, and what the parties contracted obligations, how production was organized to honor the contracts required? In turn allow hypothesize about the middle and lower economic activity linked to this and the potential impacts of this activity on local economies.