The politics of giving in the Viceroyalty of Río de la Plata [electronic resource] : donors, lenders, subjects, and citizens / Viviana L. Grieco.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Spanish loans and donativos : Atlantic perspectives--States, representation, and Atlantic empires in the eighteenth century : donativos and loans in their historical contexts--Defining Spanish loans and donativos--Redistribution of power and income at the viceregal level--The profitable business of transferring revenue, salaries, and supplies : donativos as a source of commissions and private capitalization--Givers and takers in the politics of giving : the 1793-1795 redistribution patterns--Donativos and loans collected during the naval wars against England, 1797-1802--Redistribution of power and income at the municipal level--Dollars of Buenos Aires--Giving to and taking from the cabildo : the politics of giving after 1806.

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