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It reviews the historiographical debate and outlines methods, then analyzes trading motives, the Columbian Exchange, resource and commodity shifts during conquest, and the Hapsburg commercial system’s structure. Subsequent sections assess inter-colonial trade, foreign penetration in the Hapsburg period, economic growth via mining, agriculture, and industry, and early Bourbon commercial relations, concluding with late-colonial economic grievances and insurrection.","The Economic Aspects of Spanish Imperialism in America  \nThe Economic Aspects of Spanish Imperialism in America, 1492–1810  \nJOHN R. FISHER  \nUniversity of Liverpool  \nLIVERPOOL UNIVERSITY PRESS  \nFirst published 1997 by LIVERPOOL UNIVERSITY PRESS Senate House, Abercromby Square Liverpool, L69 3BX  \nCopyright 􀀁 1997 John R. Fisher  \nThe right of John R. Fisher to be identified as author of this work has been asserted by him in accordance with the Copyright, Design and Patents Act 1988 .  \nAll rights reserved. No part of this volume may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or  \nby any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise without the prior written permission of the publishers.  \nBritish Library Cataloguing-in-Publication Data A British Library CIP record is available  \nISBN 0–85323–552–X cased  \n0–85323–562–7 paper  \nSet in Plantin by  \nWilmaset Limited, Birkenhead, Wirral Printed and bound in the European Union by Bell & Bain Limited, Glasgow  \nContents  \nList of figures and tables viii  \n1 Introduction 1  \nThe historiographical context 1  \nChapter structure and methodology 5  \n2 Economic Aspects of Spanish Imperial  \nExpansion, 1492–1550 12  \nMotives for European overseas expansion 12  \nThe first voyage of Christopher Columbus 14  \nColumbus’ second, third, and fourth voyages 18  \nHerna´n Corte´s and the conquest of Mexico 20  \nEarly trade between Spain and America 22  \nExploration in South America 24  \n3 Commodities and Resources During the  \nConquest Period 31  \nThe Columbian Exchange and its economic potential 31  \nThe reality of economic and commercial exchange 37  \n4 The Hapsburg Commercial System 43  \nOrigins 43  \nStructure and principal features 46  \nTrans-Atlantic commercial trends, 1550–1700 56  \n5 Inter-Colonial Trade and the Hapsburg  \nCommercial System 63  \nCurrent historiography and its limitations 63  \nPeruvian-Mexican trade and the Manila galleon 65  \nCaribbean and South American trade 68  \nvi Contents  \n6 Foreign Penetration of the Ibero-American Economy in the Hapsburg Period 72  \nMotives and significance 72  \nThe Caribbean 76  \nThe Pacific 84  \nThe Rı´o de la Plata 88  \n7 Economic Growth in Spanish America in the Hapsburg Period 92  \nEconomic interdependence 92  \nMining 93  \nAgriculture 102  \nIndustry 105  \n8 Commercial and Economic Relations in the Early Bourbon Period, 1700–1765 110  \nThe new dynasty 110  \nThe War of the Spanish Succession 112  \nThe Treaty of Utrecht 118  \nThe War of Jenkins’ Ear 125  \nThe Seven Years’ War 130  \n9 ‘Free Trade’ and the Peninsular Economy 134  \nThe introduction of ‘free trade’, 1765–89 134  \nExports from Spain to America, 1778–96 143  \nExports to America and Spanish regional economies 147  \nAmerican markets for Spanish exports 153  \n10 ‘Free Trade’ and the American Economy 160  \nValues of imports into Spain from America 160  \nPorts of arrival 164  \nCommodities 167  \nOrigins of imports 170  \nThe mining industry in the Bourbon era 186  \nContents vii  \n11 Economic Relations Between Spain and  \nAmerica on the Eve of the Revolutions for  \nIndependence 197  \nEconomic growth in the late eighteenth century 197  \nCommercial and economic trends, 1797–1810 201  \n12 Conclusion: Economic Grievances and  \nInsurrection in Late Colonial Spanish  \nAmerica 207  \nThe abdication of economic authority 207  \nAnti-fiscal protests in the late colonial period 210  \nAppendix: Spanish Monarchs 217  \nGlossary of Spanish Terms 218  \nBibliographical Essay 220  \nIndex 231  \nFigures and Tables  \nFigures  \n1 The American economy and the principal routes of maritime trade 50  \n2 Principal mining centres in colonial Spanish America 94  \n3 Spanish and American ports licensed to trade by the‘free trade’ legislation of the late-eighteenth century 138  \nTables  \n1 Imports of American bullion into Spain, 1650–99 60  \n2 Estimated silver production at Potosı´ and Zacatecas, 1550–1630 97  \n3 Estimated Spanish-American bullion production,  \n1571–1700 100  \n4 E","cbCailJ72PCax5tR","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCailJ72PCax5tR","pdf",1349997,1,246,"English","en",105,"# Contents\n## List of figures and tables\n## 1 Introduction\n## 2 Economic Aspects of Spanish Imperial Expansion, 1492–1550\n## 3 Commodities and Resources During the Conquest Period\n## 4 The Hapsburg Commercial System\n## 5 Inter-Colonial Trade and the Hapsburg Commercial System\n## 6 Foreign Penetration of the 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