1. Introduction -- 2. Economic Aspects of Spanish Imperial Expansion, 1492-1550 -- 3. Commodities and Resources During the Conquest Period -- 4. The Hapsburg Commercial System -- 5. Inter-Colonial Trade and the Hapsburg Commercial System -- 6. Foreign Penetration of the Ibero-American Economy in the Hapsburg Period -- 7. Economic Growth in Spanish America in the Hapsburg Period -- 8. Commercial and Economic Relations in the Early Bourbon Period, 1700-1765 -- 9. 'Free Trade' and the Peninsular Economy -- 10. 'Free Trade' and the American Economy -- 11. Economic Relations Between Spain and America on the Eve of the Revolutions for Independence -- 12. Conclusion: Economic Grievances and Insurrection in Late Colonial Spanish America
Summary
This book examines the economic relations between Spain and Spanish America in the colonial period and their implications for the economic structures of both parties, from the beginning of Spanish imperialism, until the revolutions for independence
Notes
"Originally published in Spanish in 1992 ... fully revised for this first English edition"--Jacket
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 220-230) and index
