The Politics of Giving in the Viceroyalty of Rio de la Plata: Donors, Lenders, Subjects, and Citizens

Contents

v contents tables vii introduction 1 Part One Spanish Loans and Donativos: Atlantic Perspectives 13 1. states, representation, and atlantic empires in the eighteenth century: donativos and loans in their historical contexts 15 2. defining spanish loans and donativos 32 Part Two Redistribution of Power and Income at the Viceregal Level 55 3. the profitable business of transferring revenue, salaries, and supplies: donativos as a source of commissions and private capitalization 60 4. givers and takers in the politics of giving: the 1793–1795 redistribution patterns 82 5. donativos and loans collected during the naval wars against england (1797–1802) 121 Part Three Redistribution of Power and Income at the Municipal Level 165 6. “dollars of buenos aires” 166 7. giving to and taking from the cabildo: the politics of giving after 1806 196 contents vi epilogue 223 appendix 233 notes 237 index 285 ...