Table of Contents

• List of figures and tables
• 1. Introduction
• 2. Economic Aspects of Spanish Imperial Expansion, 1492-1550
• 3. Commodities and Resources During the Conquest Period
• 4. The Hapsburg Commercial System
• 5. Inter-Colonial Trade and the Hapsburg Commercial System
• 6. Foreign Penetration of the Ibero-American Economy in the Hapsburg Period
• 7. Economic Growth in Spanish America in the Hapsburg Period
• 8. Commercial and Economic Relations in the Early Bourbon Period, 1700-1765
• 9. ‘Free Trade’ and the Peninsular Economy
• 10. ‘Free Trade’ and the American Economy
• 11. Economic Relations Between Spain and America on the Eve of the Revolution for Independence
• 12. Conclusion: Economic Grievances and Insurrection in Late Colonial Spanish America
• Appendix: Spanish Monarchs
• Glossary of Spanish Terms
• Bibliographical Essay
• Index