The Debate on the American Intendencias: Modern versus Antiquated or Polemic between Reformers? The Case of the Count of Tepa
Recent research argues that the “Bourbon reformism(s)” in the Iberian Peninsula and in Hispanic America faced a monolithic opposition that defended tradition in a self-serving way. This is the usual appraisal of the “Dictamen reservado” in which the Count of Tepa rejected, in 1773, the intendancy pr...
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| Tipo de documento: | artigo |
| Estado: | Versão publicada |
| Data de publicação: | 2021 |
| País: | México |
| Recursos: | UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO |
| Repositório: | Estudios de Historia Novohispana |
| Idioma: | espanhol |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:ojs.pkp.sfu.ca:article/77435 |
| Acesso em linha: | https://novohispana.historicas.unam.mx/index.php/ehn/article/view/77435 |
| Access Level: | Acceso aberto |
| Palavra-chave: | intendentes Real Hacienda Audiencias marqués de La Ensenada Tepa Campomanes Nueva España siglo XVIII Intendants Royal Treasury Marqués de La Ensenada New Spain |
| Resumo: | Recent research argues that the “Bourbon reformism(s)” in the Iberian Peninsula and in Hispanic America faced a monolithic opposition that defended tradition in a self-serving way. This is the usual appraisal of the “Dictamen reservado” in which the Count of Tepa rejected, in 1773, the intendancy project forged by José Gálvez for New Spain in 1768. I criticize this interpretation by analyzing various of Tepa’s memorials and comparing his proposals with those of the reformers and the enlightened writers of his time. My hypothesis is that Tepa represented an alternative reform approach, partly inspired by the political-institutional project of the Marquis of La Ensenada and by proposals related to those of Pedro Rodríguez de Campomanes. The actual debate was between reformers rather than between the reformist proposal and the “old system”. |
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