Military entrepreneurs and the Spanish contractor state in the eighteenth century

Military entrepreneurs and the Spanish contractor state in the eighteenth century / Rafael Torres Sánchez.

Offers a new interpretation of the military entrepreneurs' role in state construction in early-modern Spain, demonstrating how their success or failure could determine whether or not warfare became a driving force of the economy and wealth, or an endless source of problems.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Torres Sánchez, Rafael (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2016.
Subjects:
1700-1799
HISTORY > Europe > Spain & Portugal.
Spain > History, Military > 18th century.
Spain
Electronic books.
Military history
Online Access:Click for online access
Description
Summary:Offers a new interpretation of the military entrepreneurs' role in state construction in early-modern Spain, demonstrating how their success or failure could determine whether or not warfare became a driving force of the economy and wealth, or an endless source of problems.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xvii, 297 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780191826702
0191826707
9780191086717
0191086711
0198784112
9780198784111
Source of Description, Etc. Note:Print version record.

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