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The Spanish Atlantic world in the eighteenth century : war and the Bourbon reforms, 1713-1796
\"This volume elucidates Bourbon colonial policy with emphasis on Madrid's efforts to reform and modernize its American holdings. Set in an Atlantic world context, the book highlights the interplay between Spain and America as the Spanish empire struggled for survival amid the fierce international competition that dominated the eighteenth century. The authors use extensive research in the repositories of Spain and America, as well as innovative consultation of the French Foreign Affairs archive, to bring into focus the poorly understood reformist efforts of the early Bourbons, which laid the foundation for the better-known agenda of Charles III. As the book unfolds, the narrative puts flesh on the men and women who, for better or worse, influenced colonial governance. It is the story of power, ambition, and idealism at the highest levels\"-- Provided by publisher.
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Spain, Europe and the Wider World 1500-1800
When J. H. Elliott publishedSpain and Its World, 1500-1700some twenty years ago, one of many enthusiasts declared, \"For anyone interested in the history of empire, of Europe and of Spain, here is a book to keep within reach, to read, to study and to enjoy\" (Times Literary Supplement). Since then Elliott has continued to explore the history of Spain and the Hispanic world with originality and insight, producing some of the most influential work in the field. In this new volume he gathers writings that reflect his recent research and thinking on politics, art, culture, and ideas in Europe and the colonial worlds between 1500 and 1800.
The volume includes fourteen essays, lectures, and articles of remarkable breadth and freshness, written with Elliott's characteristic brio. It includes an unpublished lecture in honor of the late Hugh Trevor-Roper. Organized around three themes-early modern Europe, European overseas expansion, and the works and historical context of El Greco, Velázquez, Rubens, and Van Dyck-the book offers a rich survey of the themes at the heart of Elliott's interests throughout a career distinguished by excellence and innovation.
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A Shared Political Culture
To understand the formation of the new nations of America, among them México, it is necessary to examine the nature of the Antiguo Régimen. Many erroneously believe that the Spanish Monarchy was highly centralized, confuse absolute with autocratic rule, and equate the modern concept of colony with pre-nineteenth-century governing practices. As a result of these misconceptions many have assumed wrongly that the representative political structures established in the postindependence period were alien systems imported from Great Britain, the United States, and France.¹ That is not correct. To comprehend the nature of political culture in late eighteenth-century New Spain, it is
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The Proper Name of El País de los Incas
In the middle to late decades of the eighteenth century, an enlightened Bourbon and Creole project of imperial revival set out to recover the fading grandeur and prestige of “Spain” and “Peru.” To use the naturalistic metaphors of that project, it provided fertile soil for the erudite cultivation of a verdant patriotism rooted in a historical, scientific, and practical discourse on the país or country. As in Europe, the ancient theological and dynastic language and topoi of the “three kingdoms” of “Nature”—mineral, vegetal, animal—and the “Great Chain of Being” remained key to this discourse. However, and as Arthur
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