Colombia before independence: economy, society, and politics under Bourbon rule
Year: 1994
Type: book-review
Abstract: 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, 1700-78 5. Commerce and economy in the age of imperial free trade, 1778-96 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.
Source: Choice Reviews Online
Author: Anthony McFarlane
Institution: University of Warwick
Language: English
Subfield: Demography
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2103993087