Roots of empire : forests and state power in early modern Spain, c. 1500-1750 / by John T. Wing.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wing, John T., author.

Series:

Brill's series in the history of the environment ; v. 4.

Brill's Series in the History of the Environment ; volume 4

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Forest policy--Spain--History.

Forest policy.

Forest management--Political aspects--Spain--History.

Forest management.

Forests and forestry--Spain--History.

Forests and forestry.

Forests and forestry--Colonies--Spain--History.

Shipbuilding--Spain--History.

Shipbuilding.

Colonies.

Environmental conditions.

History.

Spain--Colonies--History.

Spain.

Imperialism--History.

Imperialism.

Spain--Politics and government--1516-1700.

Politics and government.

Spain--Politics and government--1700-1746.

Spain--Colonies--Environmental conditions.

Physical Description:

xii, 268 pages ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Leiden, the Netherlands ; Boston : Brill, [2015]

Summary:

"Roots of Empire is the first monograph to connect forest management and state-building in the early modern Spanish global monarchy. The Spanish crown's control over valuable sources of shipbuilding timber in Spain, Latin America, and the Philippines was critical for developing and sustaining its maritime empire. This book examines Spain's forest management policies from the sixteenth century through the middle of the eighteenth century, connecting the global imperial level with local lived experiences in forest communities impacted by this manifestation of expanded state power. As home to the early modern world's most extensive forestry bureaucracy, Spain met serious political, technological, and financial limitations while still managing to address most of its timber needs without upending the social balance"--Provided by publisher.

Contents:

List of maps, figures, and tables

Introducing Spanish state forestry

The Widow's Oak and the Spanish state in the Valley of Carriedo

The politics of wood shortage fears in the early modern world

Spanish forest landscapes from prehistory to the reconquest

Plan of the work

A new state forestry for the first global age

Forests of the Ultramar

The struggle to stay afloat in the seventeenth century

Bottoming out and revival under the First Bourbon, 1700-1746

The triumph of state forestry : 1748-1754.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9789004261365

9004261362

OCLC:

893408373