Edge of crisis : war and trade in the Spanish Atlantic, 1789-1808 /
Stein, Barbara H.
Stein, Stanley J.
Baltimore, Md. : Johns Hopkins University Press,
2009.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Continuity and crises, 1789-1797 -- War and the colonies : Aranda and Godoy -- The late proyectistas -- Reorganizing New Spain's external trade: the effects of comercio libre, 1788-1796 -- A hegemony threatened : Mexico City and Veracruz -- Mining and its fissures -- Export agriculture : growth and conflict -- Comercio neutro/comercio directo -- "Informal" comercio neutro, 1804-1808 -- Consolidación : Spain -- Consolidación : New Spain -- Strange saga : the transfer of New Spain's silver, 1804-1808 -- "Treasures in the New World" -- "La tempestad que nos amenazaba" -- A national drama, Act I : conspiracy at the Escorial.