Apogee of Empire: Spain and New Spain in the Age of Charles III, 1759-1789

by Stanley J. Stein, Barbara Stein, Barbara H. Stein

Once Europe's supreme maritime power, Spain by the mid-eighteenth century was facing fierce competition from England and France. England, in particular, had successfully mustered the financial resources necessary to confront its Atlantic rivals by mobilizing both aristocracy and merchant bourgeoisie in support of its imperial ambitions. Spain, meanwhile, remained overly dependent on the profits of its New World silver mines to finance both metropolitan...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0801873398
• ISBN13: 9780801873393
• Release Date: December 2003
• Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Length: 480 Pages
• Weight: 1.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.9" x 8.8"