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Drawing upon economic history, cultural studies, intellectual history and the history of science and medicine, this collection of case studies examines the transatlantic transfer and transformation of goods and ideas, with particular emphasis on their reception in Europe

"Drawing upon economic history, cultural studies, intellectual history and the history of science and medicine, this collection of case studies examines the transatlantic transfer and transformation of goods and ideas, with particular emphasis on their reception in Europe. It critiques and enriches Atlantic history and the history of consumption by highlighting a degree of resistance to unfamiliar goods and information as well as the asymmetrical and violent nature of many types of exchange. It considers agents who forged networks and relations within and beyond the Spanish Empire, including Jesuit missionaries, Sephardic merchants, African laborers and farmers from Oaxaca to Santo Domingo to the Piedmont. While uniting increasingly homogenous and connected societies, the expansion of European horizons also generated diverse interests and divergent material cultures"--

Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- List of Tables -- List of Contributors -- 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 -- The Aristocratic Estates in Portugal and their Management, 1600-1834 -- The Structure of Aristocratic Patrimonies in the Kingdom of Naples: Management Strategies and Regional Economic 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 Splendour 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