Iberian World Empires and the Globalization of Europe 1415-1668

This open access book analyses Iberian expansion by using knowledge accumulated in recent years to test some of the most important theories regarding Europe's economic development. Adopting a comparative perspective, it considers the impact of early globalization on Iberian and Western European...

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Main Author: Yun-Casalilla, Bartolomé (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Singapore : Springer Nature Singapore : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2019.
Edition:1st ed. 2019.
Series:Palgrave Studies in Comparative Global History,
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Part I The Iberian Grounds of the Early Modern Globalization of Europe
  • Global Context and the Rise of Europe. Iberia and the Atlantic
  • Iberian Overseas Expansion and European trade networks
  • Domestic Expansion in the Iberian Kingdoms
  • Conclusions Part I
  • Part II State Building and Institutions
  • The Empires of a Composite Monarchy (1521-1598): Problem or Solution?
  • The Christalization of a Political Economy, c. 1580-1630
  • Conclusions Part II
  • Part III Organizing and Paying for Global Empire, 1598-1668
  • Global Forces and European Competition
  • The Luso-Spanish Composite Global Empire, 1598-1640
  • Ruptures, Resilient Empires and Small Divergences
  • Conclusions Part III
  • Epilogue.