Enlightenment, Governance, and Reform in Spain and its Empire 1759-1808 (Hardcover, 2008 ed.)

"Enlightenment, Governance, and Reform in Spain and its Empire, 1759-1808" offers a new interpretation of political reform in Spain and its American empire in the second half of the eighteenth century. It examines the intellectual foundations of commercial, administrative, and colonial policy during the tumultuous reigns of Charles III (1759-1788) and Charles IV (1788-1808), and explores how crown reformers employed both the ideas of the European Enlightenment and Iberian juridical concepts to create a distinctive ideology of governance. They sought to use these ideas in order to reinvigorate the Spanish monarchy and to transform the institutions of the Old Regime into those of a modern state in both the Old World and the New. Drawing on archival research undertaken in Spain, Cuba, Chile, and Argentina, this book makes an important contribution to the histories of Spain, Latin America, and the Atlantic World.

General

Imprint:	Palgrave Macmillan
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	Cambridge Imperial and Post-Colonial Studies
Release date:	2008
First published:	2008
Authors:	G. Paquette
Dimensions:	216 x 140 x 19mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	244
Edition:	2008 ed.
ISBN-13:	978-1-4039-8594-1
Categories:	Books > Humanities > History > World history > 1750 to 1900 Books > Humanities > History > European history > General Books > History > European history > General Books > History > World history > 1750 to 1900
LSN:	1-4039-8594-4
Barcode:	9781403985941

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