The Politics of Giving in the Viceroyalty of Rio de la Plata: Donors, Lenders, Subjects, and Citizens - Hardcover

by Viviana L. Grieco (Author)

This book examines an eighteenth century Spanish state finance based on voluntary donations rather than taxes. The author analyzes the gifts (donativos) that residents of colonial Argentina gave to the Spanish Crown and the city council of Buenos Aires.

Author Biography

Viviana L. Grieco is an associate professor of history at the University of Missouri, Kansas City.