Global Goods and the Spanish Empire, 1492–1824: Circulation, Resistance and Diversity

Front Matter....Pages i-x
Global Goods and the Spanish Empire, 1492–1824....Pages 1-13
Front Matter....Pages 15-15
The Early Modern Food Revolution....Pages 17-37
The Difficult Beginnings....Pages 38-52
Accommodating America....Pages 53-77
America and the Hermeneutics of Nature in Renaissance Europe....Pages 78-99
The Diffusion of Maize in Italy....Pages 100-115
Front Matter....Pages 117-117
Taste Transformed....Pages 119-136
Diet, Travel, and Colonialism in the Early Modern World....Pages 137-152
Asian Silk, Porcelain and Material Culture in the Definition of Mexican and Andalusian Elites, c. 1565–1630....Pages 153-173
Interest and Curiosity....Pages 174-193
Front Matter....Pages 195-195
Mexican Cochineal and European Demand for a Luxury Dye, 1550–1850....Pages 197-215
Hispaniola’s Turn to Tobacco....Pages 216-229
Global Trade, Environmental Constraints, and Local Conflicts....Pages 230-254
The Resilience and Boomerang Effect of Chocolate....Pages 255-273
Front Matter....Pages 275-275
The Spanish Empire, Globalization, and Cross-Cultural Consumption in a World Context, c. 1400-c. 1750....Pages 277-306
Back Matter....Pages 307-322