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Assembling an imperial machine : Spanish commercial reform in the age of enlightenment / Fidel J. Tavárez.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Tavárez, Fidel J., author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Free trade--Spain--History--18th century.
- Free trade.
- Spain--Commercial policy.
- Spain.
- Spain--Colonies--Economic policy.
- Free trade--History.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource : illustrations
- illustration
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2026]
- Summary:
- Assembling an Imperial Machine explores how eighteenth-century Spanish statesmen envisioned their empire as a finely tuned economic engine-self-sufficient, resilient, and shielded from the chaos of global markets. This groundbreaking study reveals how their vision anticipated later efforts to build Latin American free trade blocs, offering a fresh perspective on the roots of globalization and the enduring quest for economic sovereignty in the Hispanic world.
- Combining economic, intellectual, and political history, 'Assembling an Imperial Machine' provides an innovative interpretation of this momentous period in the history of the Hispanic world.
- Contents:
- Cover
- Assembling an Imperial Machine : Spanish Commercial Reform in the Age of Enlightenment
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- 1: The Birth of Commercial Statecraft
- Money, War, and Military Statecraft
- Economic Improvement and Commercial Statecraft
- The Juntas of Commerce and Contraband
- Conclusion
- 2: The Theory of Commercial Empire
- The Nuevo sistema de gobierno económico para la América
- The Imperial Machine, or Spain's Closed Commercial Empire
- 3: The Policy of Commercial Empire
- The First Experiments with Commercial Liberalization
- Toward the Consulta of Comercio Libre, 1765
- 4: Extractive Commercial Imperialism
- Gálvez and the Logic of Extractive Imperialism
- Excluding New Spain from Comercio Libre
- 5: Soft Commercial Imperialism
- A Moldable Nation: Political Errors, Education, and Spanish Decline
- "Un solo cuerpo de nación": Against Extractive Imperialism
- 6: A New Imperial Political Economy
- Comercio Libre for New Spain and Venezuela
- The New Spanish American Consulados
- Managing Economic Information
- 7: The Slave Trade and Commercial Empire
- Toward the Real Cédula of 1789
- The Opportunities of the Haitian Revolution
- Epilogue
- Abbreviations
- Archives and Libraries
- Other Abbreviations
- NOTES
- FM
- Chapter 1
- Chapter 2
- Chapter 3
- Chapter 4
- Chapter 5
- Chapter 6
- Chapter 7
- Bibliography
- Printed Primary Sources
- Secondary Sources
- Theses and Dissertations
- Index.
- The Nuevo sistema de gobierno económico para la América
- 3: The Policy of Commercial Empire.
- The First Experiments with Commercial Liberalization
- Gálvez and the Logic of Extractive Imperialism
- "Un solo cuerpo de nación": Against Extractive Imperialism
- Managing Economic Information.
- Conclusion
- Toward the Real Cédula of 1789
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on online resource and publisher information; title from PDF title page (Oxford Academic, viewed on August 25, 2026).
- Other Format:
- Print version: Tavárez, Fidel J. Assembling an imperial machine.
- ISBN:
- 9780197755082
- 0197755089
- OCLC:
- 1571475600
- Publisher Number:
- CIPO000349353
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license
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