Global Goods and the Spanish Empire, 1492-1824 : Circulation, Resistance and Diversity

"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"-- Provided by publisher "Cover" -- "Half-Title" -- "Title" -- "Copyright" -- "Contents" -- "List of Figures and Tables" -- "Acknowledgements" -- "Notes on the Contributors" -- "1 Global Goods and the Spanish Empire, 1492â#x80;#x93;1824: State of the Art and Prospects for Research" -- "Part I Cultural and Intellectual Constraints" -- "2 The Early Modern Food Revolution: A Perspective from the Iberian Atlantic" -- "3 The Difficult Beginnings: Columbus as a Mediator of New World Products" -- "4 Accommodating America: Renaissance Missionaries between the Ancient and the New World" -- "5 America and the Hermeneutics of Nature in Renaissance Europe" -- "6 The Diffusion of Maize in Italy: From Resistance to the Peasantsâ#x80;#x99; Defeat" -- "Part II The Social Use of Things" -- "7 Taste Transformed: Sugar and Spice at the Sixteenth-Century Hispano-Burgundian Court" -- "8 Diet, Travel, and Colonialism in the Early Modern World" -- "9 Asian Silk, Porcelain and Material Culture in the Definition of Mexican and Andalusian Elites, c. 1565â#x80;#x93;1630" -- "10 Interest and Curiosity: American Products, Information, and Exotica in Tuscany" -- "Part III Connected and Contrasting Societies" -- "11 Mexican Cochineal and European Demand for a Luxury Dye, 1550â#x80;#x93;1850" -- "12 Hispaniolaâ#x80;#x99;s Turn to Tobacco: Products from Santo Domingo in Atlantic Commerce" -- "13 Global Trade, Environmental Constraints, and Local Conflicts: The Case of Early Modern Hispaniola" -- "14 The Resilience and Boomerang Effect of Chocolate: A Productâ#x80;#x99;s Globalization and Commodification" -- "Final Thoughts" -- "15 The Spanish Empire, Globalization, and Cross-Cultural Consumption in a World Context, c. 1400â#x80;#x93;c. 1750" -- "Selected Bibliography" Cover 1 Half-Title 2 Title 4 Copyright 5 Contents 6 List of Figures and Tables 8 Acknowledgements 9 Notes on the Contributors 10 1 Global Goods and the Spanish Empire, 1492–1824: State of the Art and Prospects for Research 12 Part I Cultural and Intellectual Constraints 25 2 The Early Modern Food Revolution: A Perspective from the Iberian Atlantic 26 3 The Difficult Beginnings: Columbus as a Mediator of New World Products 47 4 Accommodating America: Renaissance Missionaries between the Ancient and the New World 62 5 America and the Hermeneutics of Nature in Renaissance Europe 87 6 The Diffusion of Maize in Italy: From Resistance to the Peasants’ Defeat 109 Part II The Social Use of Things 125 7 Taste Transformed: Sugar and Spice at the Sixteenth-Century Hispano-Burgundian Court 126 8 Diet, Travel, and Colonialism in the Early Modern World 144 9 Asian Silk, Porcelain and Material Culture in the Definition of Mexican and Andalusian Elites, c. 1565–1630 160 10 Interest and Curiosity: American Products, Information, and Exotica in Tuscany 181 Part III Connected and Contrasting Societies 201 11 Mexican Cochineal and European Demand for a Luxury Dye, 1550–1850 202 12 Hispaniola’s Turn to Tobacco: Products from Santo Domingo in Atlantic Commerce 221 13 Global Trade, Environmental Constraints, and Local Conflicts: The Case of Early Modern Hispaniola 235 14 The Resilience and Boomerang Effect of Chocolate: A Product’s Globalization and Commodification 260 Final Thoughts 279 15 The Spanish Empire, Globalization, and Cross-Cultural Consumption in a World Context, c. 1400–c. 1750 280 Selected Bibliography 310 Index 322 Front Matter....Pages i-x Global Goods and the Spanish Empire, 1492–1824....Pages 1-13 Front Matter....Pages 15-15 The Early Modern Food Revolution....Pages 17-37 The Difficult Beginnings....Pages 38-52 Accommodating America....Pages 53-77 America and the Hermeneutics of Nature in Renaissance Europe....Pages 78-99 The Diffusion of Maize in Italy....Pages 100-115 Front Matter....Pages 117-117 Taste Transformed....Pages 119-136 Diet, Travel, and Colonialism in the Early Modern World....Pages 137-152 Asian Silk, Porcelain and Material Culture in the Definition of Mexican and Andalusian Elites, c. 1565–1630....Pages 153-173 Interest and Curiosity....Pages 174-193 Front Matter....Pages 195-195 Mexican Cochineal and European Demand for a Luxury Dye, 1550–1850....Pages 197-215 Hispaniola’s Turn to Tobacco....Pages 216-229 Global Trade, Environmental Constraints, and Local Conflicts....Pages 230-254 The Resilience and Boomerang Effect of Chocolate....Pages 255-273 Front Matter....Pages 275-275 The Spanish Empire, Globalization, and Cross-Cultural Consumption in a World Context, c. 1400-c. 1750....Pages 277-306 Back Matter....Pages 307-322