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Record Nr.

UNINA9910822088503321

Autore

Stein Barbara H

Titolo

Edge of crisis : war and trade in the Spanish Atlantic, 1789-1808 / / Barbara H. Stein and Stanley J. Stein

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Baltimore, Md., : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2009

ISBN

0-8018-9589-8

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (636 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

SteinStanley J

Disciplina

382.0946/08

Soggetti

Spain Commerce New Spain

New Spain Commerce Spain

Spain History Charles IV, 1788-1808

Spain Commercial policy History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Continuity and crises, 1789-1797 -- War and the colonies : Aranda and Godoy -- The late proyectistas -- Reorganizing New Spain's external trade: the effects of comercio libre, 1788-1796 -- A hegemony threatened : Mexico City and Veracruz -- Mining and its fissures -- Export agriculture : growth and conflict -- Comercio neutro/comercio directo -- "Informal" comercio neutro, 1804-1808 -- Consolidacion : Spain -- Consolidacion : New Spain -- Strange saga : the transfer of New Spain's silver, 1804-1808 -- "Treasures in the New World" -- "La tempestad que nos amenazaba" -- A national drama, Act I : conspiracy at the Escorial.

Sommario/riassunto

Comprehensive and carefully researched, Edge of Crisis explains the broad array of factors that led up to the French invasion of Spain in early 1808.