Toward a Political History of Economic Life -- The Age of Revolution, 1780's-1820's -- Imperial Reconstitution and the Limits of Political Property -- The Quest for Equipoise in the Shadow of Revolution -- From Revolution to Civil War -- The Age of "Anarchy," 1820's-1850's -- Rosas Agonistes, or the Political Economy of Cronyism -- Chains of Obligation: The Duress of Merchant Law -- Reconsidering the Republic -- The Age of Order, 1850's-1860's -- Constitutional Persuasions -- The New Property of Merchant Capital -- Making Money: The Battle for Monetary Authority -- The Unfinished Revolution of the Republic of Capital
Summary
"This Book is a Political History of economic life. Through a description of the convulsions of long term change from colony to republic in Buenos Aires, Republic of Capital explores Atlantic world transformations in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries." "In studying the legal and political foundations of Argentine capitalism, the author shows how merchants and capitalists coped with massive political upheaval and how political writers and intellectuals sought to forge a model of liberal republicanism. Among the topics examined are the transformation of commercial law, the evolution of liberal political credos, and the saga of political and constitutional turmoil after the collapse of Spanish authority."--Jacket
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 331-363) and index
