The Kingdom of Quito, 1690–1830
The State and Regional Development

This volume examines the impact of Spanish colonialism on patterns of development in the Kingdom of Quito (modern Ecuador) from 1690 to 1830.

Kenneth J. Andrien (Author)

9780521894487, Cambridge University Press

Paperback, published 16 May 2002

272 pages, 1 b/w illus. 3 maps 28 tables
22.8 x 15.3 x 1.9 cm, 0.55 kg

"Much of what is missing...regarding the colonial state's institutional and political economic influence is addressed in Kenneth Andrien's The Kingdom of Quito, 1690-1830: The State and Regjional Development. In this comprehensive study, Andrien brings to bear his own influential research and recent pathbreaking works by others. ...he finds some useful concepts in that theoretical framework,...linking peripheral areas to the global context and those placing markets at the center of economic transformation." Alfonso W. Quiroz, Latin American Research Review

Spanish colonialism exacted a high price from its subjects, promoting economic dependency as the accompaniment of a more vital, diversified economy based on a mix of industry and agriculture. The result was a legacy of underdevelopment, domestic social inequities, and economic subordination to the North Atlantic world. This volume examines how Spanish colonial policies contributed to profound socioeconomic changes, leading to patterns of underdevelopment in the Kingdom of Quito (modern Ecuador) from 1690 to 1830.

Part I. The State and Socioeconomic Development: 1. The late seventeenth century crises
2. The people and markets of the kingdom
3. The state and manufacturing
4. Spanish agriculture and the rural economy
5. Amerindians and the market economy
6. Commerce and economic patterns
Part II. Reform and Political Conflict: 7. Political turmoil and economic decline, 1690–1778
8. The price of reform, 1778–1830
9. Conclusion: the state and regional development.

Subject Areas: Early modern history: c 1450/1500 to c 1700 [HBLH], History of the Americas [HBJK]