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

By: Grieco, Viviana LMaterial type: TextTextPublisher: Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press, 2014Copyright date: ©2014Description: 1 online resource (310 pages)Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780826354471Subject(s): Argentina -- Politics and government -- 1776-1810 | Finance, Public -- Río de la Plata (Viceroyalty) | Loans -- Political aspects -- Río de la Plata (Viceroyalty) | Loans -- Social aspects -- Río de la Plata (Viceroyalty) | Loans, Argentine -- Spain -- History -- 18th century | Loans, Argentine -- Spain -- History -- 19th century | Moneylenders -- Río de la Plata (Viceroyalty)Genre/Form: Electronic books.Additional physical formats: Print version:: Politics of Giving in the Viceroyalty of Rio de la Plata : Donors, Lenders, Subjects, and CitizensDDC classification: 336.3/4098209033 LOC classification: HJ8569 -- .G754 2014ebOnline resources: Click to View
Contents:
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.
Summary: This book examines an eighteenth century Spanish state finance based on voluntary donations rather than taxes. The author analyzes the "gifts" (donativos) that residents of colonial Argentina gave to the Spanish Crown and the city council of Buenos Aires.
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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.

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

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2018. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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