The politics of giving in the Viceroyalty of Río de la Plata : donors, lenders, subjects, and citizens / Viviana L. Grieco.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Grieco, Viviana L., 1969-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Loans, Argentine--Spain--History--18th century.

Loans, Argentine.

Loans, Argentine--Spain--History--19th century.

Loans--Political aspects--Río de la Plata (Viceroyalty).

Loans.

Loans--Social aspects--Río de la Plata (Viceroyalty).

Moneylenders--Río de la Plata (Viceroyalty).

Moneylenders.

Finance, Public--Río de la Plata (Viceroyalty).

Finance, Public.

Argentina--Politics and government--1776-1810.

Argentina.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (310 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Albuquerque, [New Mexico] : University of New Mexico Press, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book examines an eighteenth century Spanish state finance based on voluntary donations rather than taxes. The author analyzes the "gifts" (donativos) that residents of colonial Argentina gave to the Spanish Crown and the city council of Buenos Aires.

Contents:

Spanish loans and donativos : Atlantic perspectives

States, representation, and Atlantic empires in the eighteenth century : donativos and loans in their historical contexts

Defining Spanish loans and donativos

Redistribution of power and income at the viceregal level

The profitable business of transferring revenue, salaries, and supplies : donativos as a source of commissions and private capitalization

Givers and takers in the politics of giving : the 1793-1795 redistribution patterns

Donativos and loans collected during the naval wars against England, 1797-1802

Redistribution of power and income at the municipal level

Dollars of Buenos Aires

Giving to and taking from the cabildo : the politics of giving after 1806.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Includes index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780826354471

0826354475

OCLC:

869735988