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Record Nr.

UNINA9910453519803321

Autore

Fisher John R (John Robert), <1943->

Titolo

The economic aspects of Spanish imperialism in America, 1492-1810 [[electronic resource] /] / John R. Fisher

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Liverpool, : Liverpool University Press, 1997

ISBN

1-78138-645-5

1-84631-301-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (256 p.)

Disciplina

325.3460973

Soggetti

Economics - American - History

Electronic books.

Spain Commerce America History

America Commerce Spain History

Spain Commercial policy History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 220-230) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Title Page; Contents; Figures and Tables; 1: Introduction; 2: Economic Aspects of Spanish Imperial Expansion, 1492-1550; 3: Commodities and Resources During the Conquest Period; 4: The Hapsburg Commercial System; 5: Inter-Colonial Trade and the Hapsburg Commercial System; 6: Foreign Penetration of the Ibero-American Economy in the Hapsburg Period; 7: Economic Growth in Spanish America in the Hapsburg Period; 8: Commercial and Economic Relations in the Early Bourbon Period, 1700-1765; 9: 'Free Trade' and the Peninsular Economy; 10: 'Free Trade' and the American Economy

11: Economic Relations Between Spain and America on the Eve of the Revolutions for Independence12: Conclusion: Economic Grievances and Insurrection in Late Colonial Spanish America; Appendix: Spanish Monarchs; Glossary of Spanish Terms; Bibliographical Essay; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This book examines economic relations between Spain and Spanish America in the colonial period, and their implications for the economic structures of both parties from the beginning of Spanish imperialism until the outbreak of the Spanish-American revolutions for Independence. Originally published in Spanish in 1992, the text has



been fully revised for this first English edition.