The formation of a social Hispanic Atlantic space and the integration of merchant communities following the Treaties of Utrecht

[EN[ Current research into Spanish commercial expansion in the Americas has recently turned to a new consideration of space as a historical category. In fact, when the interconnecting processes are analysed, one of the most striking phenomena is the actual “production of the space” in which a wide v...

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Autor: Crespo Solana, Ana
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2014
País:España
Institución:Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)
Repositorio:DIGITAL.CSIC. Repositorio Institucional del CSIC
OAI Identifier:oai:dnet:digitalcsic_::904c24d9ebd66aa87ed58f3698e6c1f6
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10261/199851
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Spanish Colonial Trade
Early Modern History
Merchant Networks
Maritime Routes
Comercio colonial español
Historia moderna
Redes mercantiles
Rutas marítimas
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Sumario:[EN[ Current research into Spanish commercial expansion in the Americas has recently turned to a new consideration of space as a historical category. In fact, when the interconnecting processes are analysed, one of the most striking phenomena is the actual “production of the space” in which a wide variety of exchanges took place. This production/creation of space becomes obvious in Spanish colonial commerce. This article discusses the theoretical framework for this spatial perspective, and analyses the impact that this construction of space on the organization of routes and on network formation, as well as its evolution within the institutional context following the Treaties of Utrecht.