Roots of empire : forests and state power in early modern Spain, c.1500-1750
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Roots of empire : forests and state power in early modern Spain, c.1500-1750
(Brill's series in the history of the environment, v. 4)
Brill, c2015
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [247]-262) and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Roots of Empire is the first monograph to connect forest management and state-building in the early modern Spanish global monarchy. The Spanish crown's control over valuable sources of shipbuilding timber in Spain, Latin America, and the Philippines was critical for developing and sustaining its maritime empire. This book examines Spain's forest management policies from the sixteenth century through the middle of the eighteenth century, connecting the global imperial level with local lived experiences in forest communities impacted by this manifestation of expanded state power. As home to the early modern world's most extensive forestry bureaucracy, Spain met serious political, technological, and financial limitations while still managing to address most of its timber needs without upending the social balance.
Table of Contents
Acknowledgements ix
List of Maps, Figures, and Tables xiii
Introducing Spanish State Forestry 1
The Widow's Oak and the Spanish State in the Valley of Carriedo 1
The Politics of Wood Shortage Fears in the Early Modern World 19
Spanish Forest Landscapes from Prehistory to the Reconquest 29
Plan of the Work 38
1 A New State Forestry for the First Global Age 44
Crown and Forests, Redefined 44
Spanish Forest Landscapes from the Reconquest to the Habsburgs 47
Medieval Forest Regulations and Naval Power in the Reign of Carlos I (1516-1556) 54
A New Era of Naval Strategy in the Reign of Felipe II (1556-1598) 65
Forests and the Collection of Geographic Knowledge 70
The Enterprise of England: Recovery and Response 76
2 Forests of the Ultramar 85
Colonial Forest Territoriality in the Sixteenth Century 85
Geographic Knowledge Channels Across the Atlantic 87
Spanish Shipbuilding in the Old and New Worlds 91
Regulating Colonial Forest Use in the Sixteenth Century 96
Naval Forestry and Imperial Rivalries 116
3 The Struggle to Stay Afloat in the Seventeenth Century 120
Transition and Persistence in Spanish Forests under the Later Habsburgs 120
State Forestry in Times of Peace and Global Conflict in the Early 1600s 122
To a New Generation of Forest Inspectors: Barros's Letter to Riva Herrera 127
The Formation of Forest Superintendent Dynasties 130
The Waning of Spanish Imperial Might 138
Toribio Perez de Bustamante's Instruccion of 1650 141
Colonial Forest Territoriality in the Seventeenth Century 145
Habsburg State Forestry in an Era of Naval Decline 156
4 Bottoming Out and Revival under the First Bourbon, 1700-1746 165
Expansion of State Forestry in the Reign of Felipe V (1700-1746) 165
Voices for Reform from the North Coast 168
Patino's Tenure and the Reestablishment of the Almirantazgo 174
Forest Reconnaissance in the Naval Departments of Ferrol, Cartagena, and Cadiz 178
The Forest Inspections of Juan Valdes y Castro in Segura and Catalonia 183
Colonial Forest Territoriality in the Eighteenth Century 193
Accomplishments of Felipe V's Reign 201
5 The Triumph of State Forestry: 1748-1754 203
Ensenada's Push for Peace and Naval Revival, 1743-1748 203
Spain's Naval Forest Conservation Ordinance of January 31, 1748 206
Other Forest Legislation, 1748-1751 215
Resistance to the New Legislation 219
Forest Inspection Reports after 1748 222
Other Reforms and Ensenada's Fall from Power, 1749-1754 232
Accomplishments of Fernando VI's Reign (1746-1759) 236
General Conclusion 240
Bibliography 247
Index 263
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