The Politics of Giving in the Viceroyalty of Rio de la Plata : Donors, Lenders, Subjects, and Citizens

This book examines an eighteenth century Spanish state finance based on voluntary donations rather than taxes. The author analyzes the "gifts" (<em>donativos</em>) that residents of colonial Argentina gave to the Spanish Crown and the city council of Buenos Aires

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Year of publication:	2014
Authors:	Grieco, Viviana L.
Publisher:	Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press

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Extent:	Online-Ressource (310 p)
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Language:	English
Notes:	Description based upon print version of record Front Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Tables; Introduction; PART ONE: Spanish Loans and Donativos: Atlantic Perspectives; 1: States, Representation, and Atlantic Empires in the Eighteenth Century: Donativos and Loans in Their Historical Contexts; 2: Defining Spanish Loans and Donativos; PART TWO: Redistribution of Power and Income at the Viceregal Level; 3: The Profitable Business of Transferring Revenue, Salaries, and Supplies: Donativos as a Source of Commissions and Private Capitalization; 4: Givers and Takers in the Politics of Giving: The 1793-1795 Redistribution Patterns 5: Donativos and Loans Collected During the Naval Wars Against England (1797-1802)PART THREE: Redistribution of Power and Income at the Municipal Level; 6: "Dollars of Buenos Aires"; 7: Giving to and Taking from the Cabildo: The Politics of Giving after 1806; Epilogue; Appendix; Notes; Index; Back Cover
ISBN:	978-0-8263-5446-4 ; 978-0-8263-5447-1 ; 978-0-8263-5446-4
Source:	ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW

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