Spanish loans and donativos : Atlantic perspectives -- States, representation, and Atlantic empires in the eighteenth century : donativos and loans in their historical contexts -- Defining Spanish loans and donativos -- Redistribution of power and income at the viceregal level -- The profitable business of transferring revenue, salaries, and supplies : donativos as a source of commissions and private capitalization -- Givers and takers in the politics of giving : the 1793-1795 redistribution patterns -- Donativos and loans collected during the naval wars against England, 1797-1802 -- Redistribution of power and income at the municipal level -- Dollars of Buenos Aires -- Giving to and taking from the cabildo : the politics of giving after 1806
Summary
This book examines an eighteenth century Spanish state finance based on voluntary donations rather than taxes. The author analyzes the "gifts" (donativos) that residents of colonial Argentina gave to the Spanish Crown and the city council of Buenos Aires
