Roots of empire : : forests and state power in early modern Spain, c. 1500-1750 / / by John T. Wing.

• Superior document: Brill's Series in the History of the Environment, Volume 4
• VerfasserIn: Wing, John T.,
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden, The Netherlands : : Koninklijke Brill,, 2015.; ©2015
• Anno di pubblicazione: 2015
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Lingua: English
• Serie: Brill's series in the history of the environment ; Volume 4.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (282 p.)
• Note: Description based upon print version of record.

Roots of Empire is the first monograph to connect forest management and state-building in the early modern Spanish global monarchy. The Spanish crown's control over valuable sources of shipbuilding timber in Spain, Latin America, and the Philippines was critical for developing and sustaining it...

Table of Contents

• Preliminary Material
• Introducing Spanish State Forestry
• 1 A New State Forestry for the First Global Age
• 2 Forests of the Ultramar
• 3 The Struggle to Stay Afloat in the Seventeenth Century
• 4 Bottoming Out and Revival under the First Bourbon, 1700–1746
• 5 The Triumph of State Forestry: 1748–1754
• General Conclusion
• Bibliography
• Index.