Silver: Transformational Matter
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Book Overview Silver transformed and convulsed the early modern world. Silver, even more than gold, occupied a deeply charged intersection of forces an...
Silver transformed and convulsed the early modern world. Silver, even more than gold, occupied a deeply charged intersection of forces and dynamics -- philosophical, religious, material, telluric, economic, colonialist, social, cultural, and courtly -- that traversed and profoundly altered the world. Silver from the so-called 'New World' bankrolled and justified the Spanish monarchy in its landgrab, wars, and empire building in both the Americas and in Europe. The great mountain of fabulously rich silver, Cerro Ricco in Potos
Book Details Format: Hardcover | Pages: 272 | Language: English | Publisher: BRITISH ACADEMY | ISBN: 0197267548
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