New World gold : cultural anxiety and monetary disorder in early modern Spain /

Here, the author examines economic treatises, stories of travel and conquest, moralist writings, fiction, poetry, and drama to reveal that New World gold ultimately became a problematic source of power that destabilized Spain's sense of trust, truth and worth.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Vilches, Elvira (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2010.
Temas:
1500-1699
Economics > Spain > History > 16th century.
Economics > Spain > History > 17th century.
Gold > Spain > History > 16th century.
Gold > Spain > History > 17th century.
Credit > Spain > History > 16th century.
Credit > Spain > History > 17th century.
Économie politique > Espagne > Histoire > 16e siècle.
Économie politique > Espagne > Histoire > 17e siècle.
Or > Espagne > Histoire > 16e siècle.
Or > Espagne > Histoire > 17e siècle.
Crédit > Espagne > Histoire > 16e siècle.
Crédit > Espagne > Histoire > 17e siècle.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Economic Conditions.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Economics > Comparative.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Economic Conditions.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Economic History.
Credit
Economic history
Economics
Gold
Spain > Economic conditions > 16th century.
Spain > Economic conditions > 17th century.
Espagne > Conditions économiques > 16e siècle.
Espagne > Conditions économiques > 17e siècle.
Spain
Electronic books.
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction : money, credit, and value
  • New world gold
  • Selling the Indies : Columbus and the economy of the marvelous
  • Gold : a problematic standard
  • The new world of money
  • Writing about debt
  • The Indies, value, and wealth
  • Conclusion : a remote and exotic geography.

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