Enlightenment, governance and reform in Spain and its empire 1759-1808
By: Gabriel Paquette
Series: Cambridge Imperial and post-colonial studies series
Publisher: Plagrave Macmillan
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Basingstoke [England]; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 244
ISBN-13: 9781403985941
Subjects: Politics and government; Historiography; Colonies; Administration
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 210-242) and index.
Table of contents: title: The intellectual impact of international rivalry; title: Felicidad pública, regalism and the Bourbon ideology of governance; title: Imperial governance and reform : ideas and proyectos; title: Colonial elites and imperial governance; title: Conclusion : enlightenment, governance and reform in the Spanish Atlantic world : a reconsideration.