Fruits of the Early Globalization

Rafael Dobado-González is Professor of Economic History, Complutense University of Madrid, Spain. He was Tinker visiting Professor at the Institute for Latin American Studies, Columbia University, New York, USA, in the second semester of 2010, and visiting scholar at the David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies, Harvard University, USA, on several occasions. He has numerous publications in economic history journals and books.Alfredo Garcia-Hiernaux is Associate Professor at Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain and researcher at Complutense Institute of Economic Analysis (ICAE). His research interests include econometrics and economic history.

• 1 Introduction.- 2 Early Globalization: Arguments and Evidence.- 3 Harbingers of Modernity: an Iberian perspective.- 4 Silver production, prices and globalization in the eighteenth century.- 5 The Austrian mining industry and the Iberian globalization.- 6 The Manila Galleon and the Age of Trade.- 7 The reception of Asian textiles in Portugal and Brazil: impact and consequences (1500- 1800).- 8 Oriental Goods in New Spain: Trade, Fashion, Race, and Consumption.- 9 The Trade and the Consumption of European products at the beginning of 18th century in New Spain based on Jean de Monségur’s memoirs”.- 10 Iberian Empires & Transatlantic Migration 1492-1808.