European aristocracies and colonial elites

Titel: European aristocracies and colonial elites : patrimonial management strategies and economic development, 15th - 18th centuries / ed. by Paul Janssens ...
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Veröffentlicht: Aldershot : Ashgate, 2005
Umfang: VII, 282 Seiten
Format: Buch
Sprache: Englisch
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ISBN: 0754654591
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  • Introduction
  • Old regime aristocracies, colonial elites and economic development: a reconsideration
  • Northern Europe: Landlords and economic development in England, 1450-1800
  • The characteristics of an aristocratic economy in France, 16th-18th centuries
  • The economic role of the Belgian aristocracy in the 17th and 18th centuries
  • Southern Europe
  • From political and social management to economic management? Castilian aristocracy and economic development, 1450-1800, Bartolomé Yun-Casalilla; the aristocratic estates in Portugal and their management, 1600-1834
  • The structure of aristocratic patrimonies in the kingdom of Naples: management strategies and regional development, 16th-18th centuries
  • Central and Eastern Europe
  • Two ages of seigniorial economy in Brandenburg-Prussia: structural innovation in the 16th century, productivity gains in the 18th century
  • Entrepreneurship and management on the estates of the Austrian nobility, 1550-1780
  • Economic activity of the Polish nobility and its consequences: the manorial system in the early modern times
  • Early modern Russian estate management and economic development
  • Colonial America
  • The role of aristocratic management strategies in the economic development of the British North American Chesapeake
  • Ephemeral splendor and a lengthy tradition: the Peruvian aristocracy of the late colonial period
  • Brazilian sugar planters as aristocratic managers, 1550-1825
  • Final considerations: Aristocracies and economic progress under the Ancien Régime
  • Selected bibliography
  • Index