Global Goods and the Spanish Empire, 1492–1824

1. Global Goods and the Spanish Empire, 1492–1824
Bethany Aram

Part I. Cultural and Intellectual Constraints

2. The Early Modern Food Revolution
María Ángeles Pérez Samper

3. The Difficult Beginnings
Consuelo Varela

4. Accommodating America
Antonella Romano

5. America and the Hermeneutics of Nature in Renaissance Europe
María M. Portuondo

6. The Diffusion of Maize in Italy
Giovanni Levi

Part II. The Social Use of Things

7. Taste Transformed
Bethany Aram

8. Diet, Travel, and Colonialism in the Early Modern World
Rebecca Earle

9. Asian Silk, Porcelain and Material Culture in the Definition of Mexican and Andalusian Elites, c. 1565–1630
José Luis Gasch-Tomás

10. Interest and Curiosity
Francisco Zamora Rodríguez

Part III. Connected and Contrasting Societies

11. Mexican Cochineal and European Demand for a Luxury Dye, 1550–1850
Carlos Marichal

12. Hispaniola’s Turn to Tobacco
Antonio Gutiérrez Escudero

13. Global Trade, Environmental Constraints, and Local Conflicts
Igor Pérez Tostado

14. The Resilience and Boomerang Effect of Chocolate
Irene Fattacciu

15. The Spanish Empire, Globalization, and Cross-Cultural Consumption in a World Context, c. 1400-c. 1750
Bartolomé Yun-Casalilla

Nyckelord: History, History of Science, Imperialism and Colonialism, European History, Social History, Cultural History, Modern History