Expert Source: Jeremy Baskes, Ph.D.

An associate professor of history at Ohio Wesleyan, Jeremy Baskes, Ph.D., is a specialist in the colonial economic history of Mexico. The director of the university’s Latin American studies major, Baskes is the recipient of three Fulbright awards and a National Endowment for the Humanities.

Education:

• B.A., Grinnell College
• M.A., University of Wisconsin
• Ph.D., University of Chicago

Areas of Expertise:

• Colonial economic history of Mexico

Selected Publications:

• “Indians, Merchants, and Markets: A Reinterpretation of the Repartimiento and Spanish-Indian Economic Relations in Colonial Oaxaca, 1750-1821” (Stanford University Press, 2000)
• Baskes’ articles have appeared in the Journal of Latin American Studies, Colonial Latin American Review, and the Journal of Economic History