8. The Economy of Visigothic Hispania

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Translator's Note v
3. Author's Preface to the Second Edition vii
4. Note to the Third Edition ix
5. Table of Contents xi
6. 1. Stages in the Spanish Economic Process 1
7. 2. Infrastructure of Spanish Economic History 9
8. 3. Man in Spanish Economic Life 21
9. PART I. PRIMITIVE AND COLONIAL ECONOMY
10. 4. Economy of Prehistoric Spain 39
11. 5. Economy of the Hispanic Colonizations 46
12. 6. The Economy of Roman Spain, I 57
13. 7. The Economy of Roman Spain, II 71
14. 8. The Economy of Visigothic Hispania 83
15. PART II. FEUDAL AND SEIGNIORIAL ECONOMY
16. 9. General Indications 95
17. 10. The Economy of Al-Andalus 102
18. 11. Economy of the Western Hispanic Kingdoms from the 8th to the 12th Centuries 122
19. 12. Economy of the Pyrenean Kingdoms from the 8th to the 12th Centuries 138
20. PART III. URBAN ECONOMY
21. 13. Reconquest and Resettlement in the 12th and 13th Centuries 155
22. 14. The Evolution of Urban Economy 167
23. 15. Economy of the Catalan Urban Patriciate; Demography and Social Structure 175
24. 16. The Economy of the Catalonian Urban Patriciate; Labor and Industry 187
25. 17. Catalonian Trade 201
26. 18. Prices, Money, Banking, and General Economic Conditions in the Crown of Aragon 223
27. 19. Public Power and Financial Organization in the Crown of Aragon 232
28. 20. Structure and Expansion of the Castilian Herding and Agrarian Economy from the 13th to 15th Centuries 241
29. 21. Castilian Industry and Trade from the 13th to 15th Centuries 258
30. 22. Money, Usury, and Public Finance in Castile 278
31. PART IV. MERCANTILIST ECONOMY
32. 23. The Economy of Ferdinand and Isabella's Reign 291
33. 24. Expansion of the Spanish Economy in America After the Discovery 315
34. 25. Demographic and Social Structure in the 16th Century 330
35. 26. Labor and Production in the 16th Century 344
36. 27. Trade and Currency in the 16th Century 357
37. 28. American Colonial Economy from 1550 to 1700 385
38. 29. Demographic, Agricultural, and Industrial Decline of Spain in the 17th Century 411
39. 30. Commercial Stagnation, Tax Pressure, and Currency Inflation in the 17th Century 432
40. 31. Study of the Trade Cycle Under the Hapsburgs 456
41. PART V. ECONOMIC TRANSFORMATION IN THE 18TH CENTURY
42. 32. Bourbon Reform Policies 471
43. 33. Population and Labor 483
44. 34. Agricultural and Livestock Production 505
45. 35. Industrial Revival 524
46. 36. The American Economy 540
47. 37. Commercial Development 552
48. 38. Economic Policy 566
49. 39. Money and Finance 581
50. 40. The Business Cycle in the 18th Century 598
51. PART VI. THE IMPACT OF THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION
52. 41. 19th-century Spirit of Reform 607
53. 42. Population and Property 617
54. 43. Agricultural and Livestock Production 644
55. 44. Industry 657
56. 45. Transport and Trade 679
57. 46. Economic Policy 702
58. 47. Money, Credit, and Banking 713
59. 48. Survey of the 19th-century Business Cycle 733
60. Bibliography 747
61. Index 803