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Record Nr.

UNINA9910453594203321

Autore

Grieco Viviana L. <1969->

Titolo

The politics of giving in the Viceroyalty of Río de la Plata : donors, lenders, subjects, and citizens / / Viviana L. Grieco

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Albuquerque, [New Mexico] : , : University of New Mexico Press, , 2014

©2014

ISBN

0-8263-5447-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (310 p.)

Disciplina

336.3/4098209033

Soggetti

Loans, Argentine - Spain - History - 18th century

Loans, Argentine - Spain - History - 19th century

Loans - Political aspects - Río de la Plata (Viceroyalty)

Loans - Social aspects - Río de la Plata (Viceroyalty)

Moneylenders - Río de la Plata (Viceroyalty)

Finance, Public - Río de la Plata (Viceroyalty)

Electronic books.

Argentina Politics and government 1776-1810

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Spanish loans and donativos : Atlantic perspectives--States, representation, and Atlantic empires in the eighteenth century : donativos and loans in their historical contexts--Defining Spanish loans and donativos--Redistribution of power and income at the viceregal level--The profitable business of transferring revenue, salaries, and supplies : donativos as a source of commissions and private capitalization--Givers and takers in the politics of giving : the 1793-1795 redistribution patterns--Donativos and loans collected during the naval wars against England, 1797-1802--Redistribution of power and income at the municipal level--Dollars of Buenos Aires--Giving to and taking from the cabildo : the politics of giving after 1806.

Sommario/riassunto

This book examines an eighteenth century Spanish state finance based on voluntary donations rather than taxes. The author analyzes the "gifts" (donativos) that residents of colonial Argentina gave to the



Spanish Crown and the city council of Buenos Aires.