1. Loza fina para Bogotá: una fábrica de loza del siglo XIX.
- Author
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Mejía, María Carolina Lamo and Therrien, Monika
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POTTERY , *INTERDISCIPLINARY research , *HISTORY , *SOCIOECONOMICS , *INDUSTRIALISTS - Abstract
In Colombia there are few references related to the study on the production, circulation and consumption of Colonial wares and even scarcer are those that refer to industrial pottery. As such we are interested in opening the path for retrospective and interdisciplinary research on some aspects of the historical context in which these activities were immersed. The objective of this paper is to understand the purported effects that a factory for fine pottery established in Bogotá in the 19th century should have in this environment. A new socioeconomic order and the ending of traditions rooted in the Colonial regime were expected, based on the ideals of progress divulged by English industrialists. With this in mind the production technology, including its work regulation strategies and the pottery decorative styles, as a way of influencing daily consumption practices, will be discussed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2001