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Conquest, tribute, and trade : the quest for precious metals and the birth of globalization
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Conquest, tribute, and trade : the quest for precious metals and the birth of globalization / Howard J. Erlichman.
ISBN
9781616142117 (cloth : alk. paper)
1616142111 (cloth : alk. paper)
Published
Amherst, N.Y. : Prometheus Books, 2010.
Physical Description
541 p., [12] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
January 31, 2011
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
The Portuguese head east
The Spanish head west
Convergence with the House of Habsburg
The great American treasure hunts
An unlikely bankruptcy
Mining revolution in Spanish America
Cash flow squeeze in the Spanish Netherlands
Convergence in the Far East
Unimaginable wealth and squander
The Dutch advance
Capital of the world.
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