Publication: The spanish trade in american cotton: atlantic synergies in the age of enlightenment
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2008
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Universidad Carlos III de Madrid. Instituto Laureano Figuerola
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Este artículo documenta e interpreta el comercio español en algodón
americano que se desarrolló entre los años 1740 y 1790. Siguiendo un análisis
historiográfico concerniente a este comercio, aporta datos sobre la cantidad
importada, el Estado, con o sin pepita, en que se introducía, sus orígenes
en el imperio americano, las medidas para su transporte marítimo,
sus costes de flete y los precios pagados en España. Muestra que el crecimiento
de este comercio está relacionado con un incremento en la demanda
para el algodón en rama durante los primeras etapas de la industrialización
catalana cuya satisfacción fue facilitada por las reformas introducidas
en el sistema colonial hispánico.
This article documents and interprets the Spanish trade in American cotton which developed between the 1740s and 1790s. Following an analysis of the historiography concerning the trade, it provides data on the quantities imported, the state, ginned or unginned, in which it was imported, its origins in the American empire, the shipping arrangements made for its transport, the charges for its freight and the prices which were paid for it in Spain. It shows the growth of the trade to be related to growing demand for raw cotton during the early stages of Catalan industrialization, the meeting of which was facilitated by the reforms introduced in the Hispanic colonial system.
This article documents and interprets the Spanish trade in American cotton which developed between the 1740s and 1790s. Following an analysis of the historiography concerning the trade, it provides data on the quantities imported, the state, ginned or unginned, in which it was imported, its origins in the American empire, the shipping arrangements made for its transport, the charges for its freight and the prices which were paid for it in Spain. It shows the growth of the trade to be related to growing demand for raw cotton during the early stages of Catalan industrialization, the meeting of which was facilitated by the reforms introduced in the Hispanic colonial system.
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Algodón, América, Comercio, Cádiz, Barcelona, Europa
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Revista de Historia Económica / Journal of Iberian and Latin American Economic History, Año XXVI, otoño 2008, n. 2, pp. 277-314