Mining, Money and Markets in the Early Modern Atlantic
Digital Approaches and New Perspectives
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Beschreibung
This volume documents recent efforts to track the transformation and trajectory of silver during the early modern period, from its origins in ores located on either side of the Atlantic to its use as currency in the financial centres of continental Europe. As a point of comparison, copper mining and its monetary use in the early modern Atlantic World will also be considered. Contributors rely mainly on economic and economic history methodologies, complemented by geographical and cultural history approaches. The use of novel software applications as tools to explain economic-historical episodes is also detailed.
This volume documents recent efforts to track the transformation and trajectory of silver during the early modern period, from its origins in ores located on either side of the Atlantic to its use as currency in the financial centres of continental Europe. As a point of comparison, copper mining and its monetary use in the early modern Atlantic World will also be considered. Contributors rely mainly on economic and economic history methodologies, complemented by geographical and cultural history approaches. The use of novel software applications as tools to explain economic-historical episodes is also detailed.
Depicts specific aspects of mining activity, particularly in early modern Mexico (New Spain) between the 16th and 19th centuries Focuses on the transformation of precious metals from bullion to currency Traces the effect of changing silver quantities on prices, exchange and interest rates, in various settings on either side of the early modern Atlantic Discusses the policy of the Spanish Crown to overcome the volatility of American silver mining and its repercussions on Spanish mining affairs
Autor*in
Renate Pieper
Themen in »Mining, Money and Markets in the Early Modern Atlantic«
Mining history Early modern Atlantic history Financial history Copper mining in Mexico Demand for Mercury Mining technology History of commodity prices Silver as currency Natural resource economics Credit-money systems Numismatics Historical econometrics Bullion Currency history