Military entrepreneurs and the Spanish contractor state in the eighteenth century / Rafael Torres Sánchez.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Torres Sánchez, Rafael, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Economics.

History.

History, Military.

Spain--History, Military--18th century.

Spain.

Economics--Spain--History--18th century.

Genre:

History.

Military history.

Physical Description:

xvii, 297 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm

Other Title:

Military entrepreneurs & the Spanish contractor state in the eighteenth century

Place of Publication:

Oxford, United Kingdom : Oxford University Press, [2016]

Summary:

Offers a new approach to the relationship between warfare and state construction. Historians looking at how war funding impinged on state development, and how state growth made wars more significant, have tended to downplay the role of military-provisioning entrepreneurs. This volume shows that the state-entrepreneur relationship was much more fluid and constant than previously thought. The author furnishes new insights into the role of military entrepreneurs in debates about warfare and state construction.

Contents:

List of figures

List of maps

List of tables

List of abbreviations

Glossary

I. Introduction: 1. From the fiscal-military state to the contractor state

2. Economic policy and military supplies

II. Victualling the Spanish armed forces: 3. Public and private business: soldiers' bread ration

4. National and state capitalism

5. Monopolist entrepreneurs at the states' service

III. Building the king's ships: 6. The fiscal-naval state

7. The paradigm of state intervention

8. The Spanish naval contractor state and entrepreneurs

IV. The contractor state in action: 9. National market versus international market : the limits of mercantilism

10. Monopoly versus the market: urgency and flexibility

11. Conclusions

Notes

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 275-292) and index.

ISBN:

0198784112

9780198784111

OCLC:

930662917