Conquest, tribute, and trade
Subtitle: the quest for precious metals and the birth of globalization
By: Howard J. Erlichman
Publisher: Prometheus Books; Prometheus
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Amherst, N.Y
Language: eng
Number of pages: 541
ISBN-13: 9781616142117
Subjects: Commerce; Silver mines and mining; Copper mines and mining; Imperialism; Precious metals; Gold mines and mining; History; Economic history
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The Portuguese head east; title: The Spanish head west; title: Convergence with the House of Habsburg; title: The great American treasure hunts; title: An unlikely bankruptcy; title: Mining revolution in Spanish America; title: Cash flow squeeze in the Spanish Netherlands; title: Convergence in the Far East; title: Unimaginable wealth and squander; title: The Dutch advance; title: Capital of the world.