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The book offers an account of the economic institutions of eighteenth century Spain, analysing their fundamental role in spreading European Enlightenment culture and in the political unification and articulation of the Spanish monarchy.
Half Title
Series Information
Title Page
Copyright Page
Dedication
Contents
Preliminary Note
Introduction
Chapter 1 Merchants’ Handbooks (1699–1759): Educate, Inform, Reform
1 Introduction
2 From Pérez de Moya to Corachán
3 From Corachán to Bordázar
4 The Financiers’ Revolt
5 Other Channels of Mercantile Information
6 Final Remarks
Chapter 2 Graef’s Discursos Mercuriales (1752–1756) and the Origins of the Economics Press in Spain
1 Introduction: Graef and the Discursos Mercuriales
2 The 1755 Discurso Preliminar
3 The Chief Source of the Discursos: The Journal Oeconomique
4 Oikonomia in the Discursos Mercuriales
5 From Oikonomia to the “Science of Commerce:” The Discourse on Commerce in General (1755–1756)
6 Final Remarks
Chapter 3 Political Economy in the Spectators Era of the Spanish Press (1758–1771)
1 Introduction
2 Nifo and the Estafeta de Londres (1762)
3 Nifo and the Correo General de Europa (1763)
4 The Miscelánea Política (1763) by Barberi
5 The Saura´s Semanario Económico (1765–1767)
6 Final Remarks
Chapter 4 Decentralising the Ilustración, Disseminating the Political Economy
1 Introduction
2 The Trade Consulates and Economic Societies
3 The Memorias of the Economic Societies
4 Going beyond the Memorias of the Economic Societies
5 Economic Societies and the Promotion of the Economic Press
6 Final Remarks
Chapter 5 Commerce and Political Economy Dictionaries
1 Introduction
2 Oikonomia and Commerce in the Encyclopaedic Literature of Eighteenth Century Europe
3 A Commerce Dictionary in Spain: The Project Phase
4 A Commerce Dictionary in Spain: The Creation Phase
5 Encyclopaedic Literature: The Encyclopédies Compiled by Diderot and D’Alembert and Panckoucke
6 Final Remarks
Chapter 6 In support of the Enligthened Reforms: The Memorial Literario (1784–1808)
1 Introduction: The Press in the “Golden Age”
2 Political Economy in the Press: Diverse Channels
3 The Memorial Literario
3.1 The Memorial Literario in Spain’s Territorial Pluralism
3.2 The Journalism Power of Controversies
3.3 Agriculture, Industry and Trade
4 Final Remarks
Chapter 7 The Critical Press and Public Opinion: El Correo de Madrid (1786–1791) and the Espíritu de los Mejores Diarios (1787–1791)
1 Introduction
2 El Correo de Madrid o de los ciegos (1786–1791)
3 The Espíritu de los Mejores Diarios (1787–1791)
4 Final Remarks
Chapter 8 Training the New Bureaucrats: The Political Economy Chairs (1784–1808)
1 Introduction
2 Maturing the Projects, Shaping “Opinion”
3 The Saragossa Chair: An Official and Experimental Experience
4 The Forgotten Natural Law and Moral Philosophy Chairs
5 Beyond Saragossa: Madrid, Majorca and Salamanca
6 The Counter-Enlightenment Reaction
7 Final Remarks
Chapter 9 Merchants’ Handbooks (1760–1808): From Office Desks to Chairs of Commerce
1 Introduction: An Overview (1699–1808)
2 The Strengthening of Local Genealogies (1760–1790)
3 Bails and Enlightened Reformism Handbooks
4 The Correo Mercantil and the Modernisation of Trading Culture
5 The Purpose of Drafting a Code of Commerce
6 The Chairs of Commerce and Their Handbooks
7 Final Remarks
Chapter 10 The Specialised Economics Press: The Correo Mercantil (1792–1808) and the Semanario de Agricultura (1797–1808)
1 Introduction: Board of Trade and the Official Statistics Agency
2 The Correo Mercantil de España y sus Indias (1792–1808)
3 The Semanario de Agricultura y Artes dirigido a los párrocos (1797–1808)
4 Final Remarks
Epilogue
Appendix
1 Abbreviations
2 Press
3 Spanish Merchants´ Handbooks
4 Primary Sources
5 Secondary Sources
Bibliography, Sources and Abbreviations
1 Abbreviations
2 Press
3 Spanish Merchants´ Handbooks
4 Primary Sources
5 Secondary Sources
Appendix
Index
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