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

Economics.

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

Spain.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (321 p.)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2016.

Summary:

Offers a new interpretation of the military entrepreneurs' role in state construction in early-modern Spain, demonstrating how their success or failure could determine whether or not warfare became a driving force of the economy and wealth, or an endless source of problems.

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:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-19-182670-7

0-19-108671-1