Iberian World Empires and the Globalization of Europe 1415-1668.

• Superior document: Palgrave Studies in Comparative Global History Series
• Author: Yun-Casalilla, Bartolomé.
• Place / Publishing House: Singapore : : Springer Singapore Pte. Limited,, 2019.; {copy}2019.
• Year of Publication: 2019
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: Palgrave Studies in Comparative Global History Series
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (531 pages)

Table of Contents

Iberian World Empires and the Globalization of Europe 1415-1668 -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- List of Maps -- List of Graphs -- List of Tables -- Introduction -- Part I: The Iberian Grounds of the Early Modern Globalization of Europe -- Chapter 1: Global Context and the Rise of Europe: Iberia and the Atlantic -- Global Links and International Exchanges in Europe and the Iberian Peninsula -- The Global Forces and the Portuguese Atlantic Expansion -- Towards a European Poly-nuclear Recovery -- European Recovery and Property Rights -- The Iberian Peninsula -- Institutions, Political Economies, and Regional Forces -- Social Conflicts and Political Regimes -- Aristocratic Lineages, Local Oligarchies, and Conflict -- Isabella and Fernando: From Crisis to War and Expansion -- Bargaining Power -- Foreign Wars for Domestic Peace -- Portugal: The Bases for a Precocious and Enduring Political Stability -- Iberian State Formation in European Perspective -- Comunidades and Germanías -- Western Monarchies. The Iberian Kingdoms in Comparative European Perspective -- Chapter 2: Iberian Overseas Expansion and European Trade Networks -- Sailing the Atlantic, Conquering America -- Challenges and Tools -- Political Control, Bargaining, Resistance, and Environmental Failures -- The Portuguese Empire and Asia: Bargaining, Diversity, and Limits -- Overseas Trade and European Economies, 1492-1580 -- Silver and the Price Revolution -- Markets and Trade Networks -- Iberia in the Global Economy: Lowering Transaction Costs -- An Export Economy? -- A Semi-periphery of Europe? Domestic Trade and Institutional Improvements -- Chapter 3: Domestic Expansion in the Iberian Kingdoms -- A Technological Crossroad -- Local Institutions, Regional Ecosystems, and Land Property Rights -- Economic Expansion in a Pre-industrial Society -- Growth and Development.

The Advantages of Peasant Economies and Increasing Productivity -- The Final Test: Industrial Development and Regional Urban Systems -- Patterns of Economic Growth, Market, and Institutions -- Conclusions Part I -- The Iberian Grounds of the Early Modern Globalization of Europe -- Part II: State Building and Institutions -- Chapter 4: The Empires of a Composite Monarchy, 1521-1598: Problem or Solution? -- Why Castile? -- The Problems of a European Composite Monarchy -- Castile, a Nervus Belli -- A Conflictive Pact -- The Challenges of a Dynamic Society -- Absolutism As a Threat to the Dominant Coalition -- A Crucial do ut des -- Global Forces and the Mobilization of Resources -- Silver and the Circulation of Elites Within the Empire -- Mobilization of Resources and the Limits of the System -- The Empire As a Solution in Portugal -- Peninsular Trends -- Chapter 5: The Crystallization of a Political Economy, c. 1580-1630 -- Iberian Stereotypes and Cultural Beliefs in European Perspective -- Formal Institutions -- Family and Social Networks -- Transaction Costs, Rent-Seeking, and Allocation of Resources: A Qualitative Approach -- Conclusions Part II -- State Building and Institutions -- Part III: Organizing and Paying for Global Empire, 1598-1668 -- Chapter 6: Global Forces and European Competition -- Religion As a Factor: Western European Patterns of Development -- Globalizing Agents -- Informal Globalizing Networks -- European Integration -- Habsburg Wars, American Silver, and the European Trends -- The Gradual Shift to the North -- 1600: The Problems of Europe -- The Peninsular Interior by 1590-1600: The Limits of a More Rigid Economy -- Long-Term Changes -- The End of Century Crisis in Castile -- The Advantages of the Enemies -- Chapter 7: The Luso-Spanish Composite Global Empire, 1598-1640 -- The Iberian Complex in a Global Perspective.

Two Empires and One World -- The Problem of Information -- Social Networks and Informal Institutions in a Cross-Border Perspective -- 'Perverting' 'Perverted' Institutions? -- Justice, Enforcement, and Distance -- Dominant Coalitions, Patronage, Rent-Seeking, Corruption, Fraud, and Contraband -- Corrosive Globalization -- Globalization and Regional Economies -- Problems of Regulation and Internal Conflicts -- World War, Money, and Men -- Mars and Mercury on a World Scale -- Global Wars and the Relevance of the Imperial Periphery -- Cash for the King on a Global Scale -- But Not Only Cash: The Real Burden of the War -- Chapter 8: Ruptures, Resilient Empires, and Small Divergences -- Olivares' Challenge to the Imperial Elites -- Reformism -- Fiscalism and Upheavals -- Castile: Change and Continuity -- Reshaping the Conflictive Pact at the Core of the Empire -- Patrimonial Management, the Economic Resilience of Elites, and Property Rights -- A Balance -- Ruptures and Continuities: A Decadent Empire? -- Ruptures in the European Peripheral Kingdoms: Portugal and Catalonia -- The Portuguese Rupture: Globalization Against the Composite Empire -- The Catalan Crisis or the Problem of a Composite Monarchy -- The Renewal of the American Colonial Pact -- A Renovated and Difficult Agreement -- Ecosystems, Globalization, and Plenty Versus Formal Institutions -- Regional Recession and New Growth Patterns in Iberia, c. 1600-1668 -- Big Trends, Big Numbers: Recession in the Empire's Core -- Crisis and Adaptation in the Peninsula's Periphery -- A New Pattern of Growth -- Conclusions Part III -- Organizing and Paying for Global Empire, 1598-1668 -- Epilogue -- References -- Index.