Spain and New Spain in the Age of Charles III, 1759–1789
by
Stanley J. Stein, Barbara H. Stein
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Once Europe's supreme maritime power, Spain by the mid-eighteenth century was facing fierce competition from England and France. England, in particular, had successfully mustered the financial resources necessary to confront its Atlantic rivals by mobilizing both aristocracy and merchant bourgeoisie...