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The temptations of trade : Britain, Spain and the struggle for empire /
The British and the Spanish had long been in conflict, often clashing over politics, trade, and religion. But in the early decades of the eighteenth century, these empires signed an asiento agreement granting the British South Sea Company a monopoly on the slave trade in the Spanish Atlantic, openin...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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University of Pennsylvania Press, Inc.,
2016.
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| Colección: | Early modern Americas.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Prologue : before the asiento
- 1. Britain hopes for the "riches of America," 1713-1716
- 2. The stuttering success of the early trade, 1717-1728
- 3. "Unjust depredations" and growing tensions, 1729-1738
- 4. The end of the British asiento, 1739-1748
- Epilogue : Beyond the asiento.