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Francisco A. Eissa-Barroso’s The Spanish Monarchy and the Creation of the Viceroyalty of New Granada (1717-1739) argues that the pace and character of the most salient Bourbon reform introduced in Spanish America in the early eighteenth century were determined by relations between New Granadan elites and authorities in Spain, reflected changes in European geopolitical configurations, and echoed the aims behind innovation in the Iberian Peninsula. At the same time, the book stresses the hierarchical and asymmetrical nature of interactions across the empire and the importance of changes affecting the central administration of the monarchy. Voices from across the Spanish world reached Madrid but were often manipulated to the benefit of competing factions at court.
Price: $200.00
Pages: 326
Publisher: Brill
Imprint: Brill
Publication Date:
13 October 2016
ISBN: 9789004308787
Format: Hardcover
"Historians are at last examining in detail the relatively unknown initial half-century (1700–1750) of Bourbon rule in Spain's American realms. Eissa-Barroso (Latin American history, Univ. of Manchester, UK) adds to his earlier contributions on this topic a fine book that emphasizes the nature and politics of reform as the new dynasty shifted from the Habsburgs' traditional stress on providing justice to fostering an environment to promote economic well-being. Central to this change, the crown reduced the historic role of councils in advising the king and embraced a more vertical structure in which royal secretaries could act without this consultation. The monarchy also turned to experienced military officers as executives, curtailing the influence of men trained in law. The author uses the creation of the Viceroyalty of New Granada (today's Ecuador, Colombia, and Venezuela), its initial brief existence (1717–1723), and its reestablishment in 1739 as a case study of politics both at court and within the Viceroyalty. Based heavily on archival materials and recent secondary sources, this well-written book complements the opening chapters of Allan J. Kuethe and Kenneth J. Andrien's The Spanish Atlantic World in the Eighteenth Century (2014). Academic libraries should add Eissa-Barroso's volume to their collections."- M. A. Burkholder, University of Missouri, St. Louis
"For historians concerned with more marginalized social groups and individuals, this history highlights the odds against which other social actors participated in, and influenced, historical processes. This detailed work provides valuable insight into the functioning of a world empire and the historical influences that shaped the most obvious contours of that world." - Renée Soulodre-La France, King’s University College at Western University, in: Hispanic American Historical Review, Vol 98, issue 2 (2018), pp. 317-318 [doi: 10.1215/00182168-4379238]
"For historians concerned with more marginalized social groups and individuals, this history highlights the odds against which other social actors participated in, and influenced, historical processes. This detailed work provides valuable insight into the functioning of a world empire and the historical influences that shaped the most obvious contours of that world." - Renée Soulodre-La France, King’s University College at Western University, in: Hispanic American Historical Review, Vol 98, issue 2 (2018), pp. 317-318 [doi: 10.1215/00182168-4379238]
Francisco A. Eissa-Barroso, Ph.D. (Warwick, 2010), is Lecturer in Latin American History at the University of Manchester. Among other publications, he co-edited Early Bourbon Spanish America: Politics and Society in a Forgotten Era (1700-1759) (Brill, 2013).