Dellplain Latin American Studies

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Grahn, Lance Raymond, 1952-

The political economy of smuggling: regional informal economies
in early Bourbon New Granada / by Lance Grahn.

p. cm.--(Dellplain Latin American studies; no. 35)
Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN 0-8133-9001-X (hc)

1. Smuggling-- Colombia--History. 2. Colombia--Economic
conditions. 3. Colombia--History--To 1810. I. Title. II. Series.

HJ6864.G7 1997

364.1'33--dc21 97-694

CIP

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