ISBN: 9780521894494

[ED: Taschenbuch], [PU: Cambridge University Press], This book describes and analyses economic and political developments in Colombia during the final century of Spanish rule. Its purpose… Meer...

[ED: Taschenbuch], [PU: Cambridge University Press], This book describes and analyses economic and political developments in Colombia during the final century of Spanish rule. Its purpose is threefold: first, to provide a general portrait of Colombian society during the late colonial period, showing the character of economic, social, and political life in the territory's principal regions second, to assess the impact on the region of European imperialist expansion during the eighteenth century and third, to provide a context for understanding the causes of independence. The book offers the only available survey of Colombian history and historiography for this period. Table of contents: Introduction 1. Foundations Part I. Economy and Society In Eighteenth-Century New Granada: 2. Regions and Resources 3. Mining Frontiers and the Gold Economy Part II. The Economics of Bourbon Colonialism: New Granada and Atlantic Economy: 4. New Granada and the Spanish Mercantile System, 1700-1778 5. Commerce and Economy in the Age of Imperial Free Trade, 1778-1796 6. Merchants and Monopoly Part III. The Politics of Bourbon Colonialism: Reconstructing the Colonial State: 7. Renovation: The Establishment of the Viceroyalty 8. Innovation: The Visita General and its impact Part IV. Government and Politics: 9. Power, Politics, and Protest 10. Science and Sedition Part V. Crisis in the Colonial Order: 11. War and the Weakening of the Colonial Order 12. The Fall of Royal Government Epilogue Appendices Bibliography. This book describes and analyses economic and political developments in Colombia during the final century of Spanish rule. It is based on extensive research in Spanish and Colombian archives, and offers the only available survey of Colombian history and historiography for this period. This book describes and analyses economic and political developments in Colombia during the final century of Spanish rule. 416 pages - 13 line diagrams 30 tables Versandfertig in 6-10 Tagen, DE, [SC: 0.00], Neuware, gewerbliches Angebot, Offene Rechnung (Vorkasse vorbehalten)<

2002, ISBN: 0521894492

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ISBN: 9780521894494

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