Jay Kinsbruner is professor of history at Queens College and at the graduate center of the City University of New York.

• Preface -- Basic Characteristics -- The Grocers as Entrepreneurs -- Capitalization and Profitability -- Problems of Grocery Store Ownership -- Conclusion -- Personal Profiles -- The Pulperos of Caracas in 1816: A Microview -- The Mexico City Grocers as Real Property Owners -- Capitalization of Some San Juan Pulperías and Tiendas de Mercería -- Dellplain Latin American Studies Published by Westview Press