Book of Donmon Teith

During the eighteenth century, a time of almost constant international warfare, European states had to borrow money to finance their military operations. Servic

This book examines an eighteenth century Spanish state finance based on voluntary donations rather than taxes. The author analyzes the "gifts" (donativos) that

This edited volume brings together essays that examine recent scholarship on the history of the Rio de la Plata region (present-day Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay

Viceroy Güemes’s Mexico: Rituals, Religion, and Revenue examines the career of Juan Francisco Güemes y Horcasitas, viceroy of New Spain from 1746 to 1755. I

Excerpt from A Summary Account of the Viceroyalty of Buenos Ayres, on the Rio De La Plata: Including Its Geographical Position, Climate, Aspect of the Country,