Constructing a fiscal military state in eighteenth-century Spain. (2015)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Rafael Torres Sánchez, Universidad de Navarra, Spain ; translated by Dave Langlois.
• Other Names: Torres Sánchez, Rafael
• Contents: Foreword; Patrick Karl O'Brien; 1. Introduction; 2. The Habsburg Fiscal and Financial Inheritance; 3. Deficit Phobia. From International Public Credit to Domestic Credit; 4. Easing the Tax Burden; 5. French Inspiration; 6. Expansion of State Finance; 7. Authority and Control of the King's Money; 8. Bourbon Management of the Inherited Public Debt; 9. The Spanish System; 10. Revenue Control; 11. Expenditure Control; 12. Arbitrariness and Debt Phobia; 13. In the Wake of the English; 14. Liberalisation and Mercantilism; 15. Domestic Credit. The Creation of National Debt; 16. International Public Credit; 17. The Efficacy of Spain's Fiscal Military State; Conclusion
• Publisher Details: Basingstoke : Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication Date: 2015
• Extent: 1 online resource (280 pages), (28 illustrations)
• Subjects: 336.4609/033; Economic History; Modern/18th Century; Humanities; Finance, Public -- Spain -- History -- 18th century; War finance; Spain -- Military policy; Spain -- Politics and government -- 18th century; Spain -- History -- 18th century
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781137478672; 1137478675
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.