European aristocracies and colonial elites: patrimonial management strategies and economic development, 15th - 18th centuries

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