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Bankruptcy of Empire - Mexican Silver and the Wars Between Spain, Britain and France, 1760-1810 (Hardcover): Carlos Marichal Bankruptcy of Empire - Mexican Silver and the Wars Between Spain, Britain and France, 1760-1810 (Hardcover)
Carlos Marichal
R2,580 R2,141 Discovery Miles 21 410 Save R439 (17%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This book incorporates the rich literature on the history of the fiscal organization and financial dynamics of the Spanish empire within the broader historical debates on rival European imperial states from 1760 to 1810. The focus is on colonial Mexico because it served as a fiscal and financial submetropolis that ensured the capacity of the imperial state to defend itself in a time of successive international conflicts. Throughout the reign Charles IV, the finances of the Spanish state began to sink. This collapse was caused by the enormous expense of waging successive wars in the Americas and Europe. In each war, colonial Mexico was a most important source of resources for the Crown, but these demands gradually outstripped the tax base of the viceroyalty despite the extraordinary silver boom of the late eighteenth century. The bankruptcy of the Spanish monarchy and its empire was the inevitable consequence.

Bankruptcy of Empire - Mexican Silver and the Wars Between Spain, Britain and France, 1760-1810 (Paperback): Carlos Marichal Bankruptcy of Empire - Mexican Silver and the Wars Between Spain, Britain and France, 1760-1810 (Paperback)
Carlos Marichal
R951 Discovery Miles 9 510 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This book incorporates the rich literature on the history of the fiscal organization and financial dynamics of the Spanish empire within the broader historical debates on rival European imperial states from 1760 to 1810. The focus is on colonial Mexico because it served as a fiscal and financial submetropolis that ensured the capacity of the imperial state to defend itself in a time of successive international conflicts. Throughout the reign Charles IV, the finances of the Spanish state began to sink. This collapse was caused by the enormous expense of waging successive wars in the Americas and Europe. In each war, colonial Mexico was a most important source of resources for the Crown, but these demands gradually outstripped the tax base of the viceroyalty despite the extraordinary silver boom of the late eighteenth century. The bankruptcy of the Spanish monarchy and its empire was the inevitable consequence.

From Silver to Cocaine - Latin American Commodity Chains and the Building of the World Economy, 1500-2000 (Paperback): Steven... From Silver to Cocaine - Latin American Commodity Chains and the Building of the World Economy, 1500-2000 (Paperback)
Steven Topik, Carlos Marichal, Zephyr Frank
R746 R683 Discovery Miles 6 830 Save R63 (8%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Demonstrating that globalization is a centuries-old phenomenon, From Silver to Cocaine examines the commodity chains that have connected producers in Latin America with consumers around the world for five hundred years. In clear, accessible essays, historians from Latin America, England, and the United States trace the paths of many of Latin America's most important exports: coffee, bananas, rubber, sugar, tobacco, silver, henequen (fiber), fertilizers, cacao, cocaine, indigo, and cochineal (insects used to make dye). Each contributor follows a specific commodity from its inception, through its development and transport, to its final destination in the hands of consumers. The essays are arranged in chronological order, according to when the production of a particular commodity became significant to Latin America's economy. Some-such as silver, sugar, and tobacco-were actively produced and traded in the sixteenth century; others-such as bananas and rubber-only at the end of the nineteenth century; and cocaine only in the twentieth.By focusing on changing patterns of production and consumption over time, the contributors reconstruct complex webs of relationships and economic processes, highlighting Latin America's central and interactive place in the world economy. They show how changes in coffee consumption habits, clothing fashions, drug usage, or tire technologies in Europe, Asia, and the Americas reverberate through Latin American commodity chains in profound ways. The social and economic outcomes of the continent's export experience have been mixed. By analyzing the dynamics of a wide range of commodities over a five-hundred-year period, From Silver to Cocaine highlights this diversity at the same time that it provides a basis for comparison and points to new ways of doing global history. Contributors. Marcelo Bucheli, Horacio Crespo, Zephyr Frank, Paul Gootenberg, Robert Greenhill, Mary Ann Mahony, Carlos Marichal, David McCreery, Rory Miller, Aldo Musacchio, Laura Nater, Ian Read, Mario Samper, Steven Topik, Allen Wells

El Muneco del Tintero (Spanish, Paperback): Carlos Marichal El Muneco del Tintero (Spanish, Paperback)
Carlos Marichal; Edited by Poli Marichal Lugo, Tere Marichal-Lugo
R305 Discovery Miles 3 050 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
From Silver to Cocaine - Latin American Commodity Chains and the Building of the World Economy, 1500-2000 (Hardcover): Steven... From Silver to Cocaine - Latin American Commodity Chains and the Building of the World Economy, 1500-2000 (Hardcover)
Steven Topik, Carlos Marichal, Zephyr Frank
R2,607 R2,413 Discovery Miles 24 130 Save R194 (7%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Demonstrating that globalization is a centuries-old phenomenon, "From Silver to Cocaine "examines the commodity chains that have connected producers in Latin America with consumers around the world for five hundred years. In clear, accessible essays, historians from Latin America, England, and the United States trace the paths of many of Latin America's most important exports: coffee, bananas, rubber, sugar, tobacco, silver, henequen (fiber), fertilizers, cacao, cocaine, indigo, and cochineal (insects used to make dye). Each contributor follows a specific commodity from its inception, through its development and transport, to its final destination in the hands of consumers. The essays are arranged in chronological order, according to when the production of a particular commodity became significant to Latin America's economy. Some--such as silver, sugar, and tobacco--were actively produced and traded in the sixteenth century; others--such as bananas and rubber--only at the end of the nineteenth century; and cocaine only in the twentieth.

By focusing on changing patterns of production and consumption over time, the contributors reconstruct complex webs of relationships and economic processes, highlighting Latin America's central and interactive place in the world economy. They show how changes in coffee consumption habits, clothing fashions, drug usage, or tire technologies in Europe, Asia, and the Americas reverberate through Latin American commodity chains in profound ways. The social and economic outcomes of the continent's export experience have been mixed. By analyzing the dynamics of a wide range of commodities over a five-hundred-year period, "From Silver to Cocaine" highlights this diversity at the same time that it provides a basis for comparison and points to new ways of doing global history.

"Contributors." Marcelo Bucheli, Horacio Crespo, Zephyr Frank, Paul Gootenberg, Robert Greenhill, Mary Ann Mahony, Carlos Marichal, David McCreery, Rory Miller, Aldo Musacchio, Laura Nater, Ian Read, Mario Samper, Steven Topik, Allen Wells

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