The Spanish Empire and its legacy: fiscal redistribution and political conflict in colonial and post-colonial Spanish America

Journal of Global History

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 241-267

  Grafe, Regina ^a   Irigoin, Maria Alejandra ^b  

^a NUFFIELD COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^b Department of Health and Exercise Science   (United States)

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EID: 43349103137     PISSN: 17400228     EISSN: 17400236     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1740022806000155     Document Type: Review

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