The economic aspects of Spanish imperialism in America, 1492-1810 / John R. Fisher.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Fisher, John R. (John Robert), 1943-

Standardized Title:

Relaciones económicas entre España y América hasta la independencia. English

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Economics--American--History.

Economics.

Spain--Commerce--America--History.

Spain.

America--Commerce--Spain--History.

America.

Spain--Commercial policy--History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (viii, 238 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Liverpool : Liverpool University Press, 1997.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book examines economic relations between Spain and Spanish America in the colonial period, and their implications for the economic structures of both parties from the beginning of Spanish imperialism until the outbreak of the Spanish-American revolutions for Independence. Originally published in Spanish in 1992, the text has been fully revised for this first English edition.

Contents:

Title Page; Contents; Figures and Tables; 1: Introduction; 2: Economic Aspects of Spanish Imperial Expansion, 1492-1550; 3: Commodities and Resources During the Conquest Period; 4: The Hapsburg Commercial System; 5: Inter-Colonial Trade and the Hapsburg Commercial System; 6: Foreign Penetration of the Ibero-American Economy in the Hapsburg Period; 7: Economic Growth in Spanish America in the Hapsburg Period; 8: Commercial and Economic Relations in the Early Bourbon Period, 1700-1765; 9: 'Free Trade' and the Peninsular Economy; 10: 'Free Trade' and the American Economy

11: Economic Relations Between Spain and America on the Eve of the Revolutions for Independence12: Conclusion: Economic Grievances and Insurrection in Late Colonial Spanish America; Appendix: Spanish Monarchs; Glossary of Spanish Terms; Bibliographical Essay; Index

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 02 Oct 2015).

Includes bibliographical references (p. 220-230) and index.

ISBN:

1-78138-645-5

1-84631-301-5

OCLC:

437241527