Enlightenment, governance and reform in Spain and its empire, 1759-1808 : Paquette, Enlightenment, governance, and reform in Spain and its empire 1759-1808

Enlightenment, Governance, and Reform in Spain and its Empire, 1759-1808 offers a new interpretation of political reform in Spain and its American empire in the second half of the eighteenth century. It examines the intellectual foundations of commercial, administrative, and colonial policy during the tumultuous reigns of Charles III (1759-1788) and Charles IV (1788-1808), and explores how crown reformers employed both the ideas of the European Enlightenment and Iberian juridical concepts to create a distinctive ideology of governance. They sought to use these ideas in order to reinvigorate the Spanish monarchy and to transform the institutions of the Old Regime into those of a modern state in both the Old World and the New. Drawing on archival research undertaken in Spain, Cuba, Chile, and Argentina, this book makes an important contribution to the histories of Spain, Latin America, and the Atlantic World. "Enlightenment, Governance, and Reform in Spain and its Empire, 1759-1808 offers a new interpretation of political reform in Spain and its American empire in the second half of the eighteenth century. It examines the intellectual foundations of commercial, administrative, and colonial policy during the tumultuous reigns of Charles III (1759-88) and Charles IV (1788-1808), and explores how Crown reformers employed both the ideas of the European Enlightenment and Iberian juridical concepts to create a distinctive ideology of governance. They sought to use these ideas in order to reinvigorate the Spanish Monarchy and to transform the institutions of the Old Regime into those of a modern state in both the Old World and the New. Drawing on archival research undertaken in Spain, Cuba, Chile and Argentina, this book makes an important contribution to the histories of Spain, Latin America, and the Atlantic World."--Jacket The intellectual impact of international rivalry Felicidad pública, regalism and the Bourbon ideology of governance Imperial governance and reform : ideas and proyectos Colonial elites and imperial governance Conclusion : enlightenment, governance and reform in the Spanish Atlantic world : a reconsideration. The intellectual impact of international rivalry Felicidad Pública, regalism and the Bourbon ideology of governance Imperial governance and reform : ideas and proyectos Colonial elites and imperial governance Conclusion : enlightenment, governance and reform in the Spain and its empire : a reconsideration.
This book offers a new interpretation of political reform in Spain and its American empire in the second half of the Eighteenth century. It examines the intellectual foundation of commercial, administrative and colonial policy during the tumultuous reigns of Charles III and Charles IV.

This book brings a fresh perspective to Spanish imperial reform. It examines the impact of Enlightenment political thought on Spanish imperial policy as well as the intellectual repercussions of empire.