Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Contents VII
3. List of Illustrations XI
4. List of Tables XV
5. List of Abbreviations XXIII
6. Acknowledgments XXV
7. PART I. THE MONARCHY
8. INTRODUCTION 1
9. 1. Agrarian Conditions and Agrarian Reform in Eighteenth-Century Spain 7
10. 2. The Philosophy of Agrarian Reform 47
11. 3. The Decision to Disentail 78
12. 4. The Struggle to Save the Royal Credit 100
13. 5. The Extent of Disentail 119
14. 6. The Collapse of the Monarchy 137
15. PART II. SEVEN TOWNS
16. INTRODUCTION 159
17. 7. La Mata 165
18. 8. Villaverde 238
19. 9. Pedrollén 293
20. 10. El Mirón 309
21. 11. Baños 367
22. 12. Lopera 430
23. 13. Las Navas de Santisteban del Puerto 475
24. 14. Ricardo, Malthus, and the Market 517
25. PART III. TWO PROVINCES 539
26. INTRODUCTION 539
27. 15. The Social and Economic Spectrum of Jaén and Salamanca 541
28. 16. Jaén Province: The Determinants of Growth 562
29. 17. Salamanca Province: Hardening the Patterns 606
30. 18. Salamanca Province: The Despoblados and Alquerías 642
31. 19. The Big Buyers 681
32. 20. Between Two Ages 712
33. APPENDIXES 755
34. Glossary 839
35. Bibliography 843
36. Index 865