Potosรญ: Boom Town Supreme -- The Dearth of Printed Histories of Potosรญ -- Manuscript Material Available -- The Historian Confronting Potosรญ Today -- Problems in the History of Potosรญ -- a. Pre-history -- b. Silver production and population statistics -- c. Technological development -- d. Indian labor -- e. Mining laws -- f. Commerce -- g. โ{128}{156}Pretensionesโ{128}{157} of the City of Potosi -- h. Literature and learning -- i. Potosรญ, crucible of America -- Tentative Interpretations -- Notes