Apogee of Empire: Spain and New Spain in the Age of Charles III, 1759-1789
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Once Europe's supreme maritime power, Spain by the mid-eighteenth century was facing fierce competition from England and France. England, in particular, had successfully mustered the financial resources necessary to confront its Atlantic rivals by mobilizing both aristocracy and merchant bourgeoisie in support of its imperial ambitions. Spain, meanwhile, remained overly dependent on the profits of its New World silver mines to finance both metropolitan...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0801873398
ISBN13:9780801873393
Release Date:December 2003
Publisher:Johns Hopkins University Press
Length:480 Pages
Weight:1.80 lbs.
Dimensions:1.4" x 6.9" x 8.8"
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