Silver, trade, and war [[electronic resource] ] : Spain and America in the making of early modern Europe / / Stanley J. Stein & Barbara H. Stein

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910791576703321
• Autore: Stein Stanley J
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Baltimore, : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2000
• ISBN: 0-8018-7695-8
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (368 p.)
• Altri autori (Persone): SteinBarbara H
• Disciplina: 382/.0946/07
• Soggetti: Silver industry - America - History; Spain Colonies America History; Spain Commerce America History; America Commerce Spain History; Spain Commercial policy; Spain Economic conditions
• 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. [325]-342) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: ""Contents""; ""Preface""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Part One: The Legacy""; ""1. Spain, Europe, and the Atlantic System, 1500-1700""; ""2. Financing Empire: The European Diaspora of Silver by War""; ""3. Westphalia: The Legacy of Unequal Treaties""; ""4. Conjunctural Crisis: War and the Utrecht Settlement""; ""Part Two: Toward a Spanish-Bourbon Paradigm""; ""5. Conditions of Growth, 1700-1759""; ""6. Changing Patterns in the Transatlantic System: Flotas and Registros, 1720-1759""; ""7. Critical Voices, 1720-1759""; ""8. Toward the Mid-Century Crisis: Ensenada, 1743-1754""; ""9. By Way of Conclusion""""Notes""; ""Bibliography""; ""Index""