Military entrepreneurs and the Spanish contractor state in the eighteenth century /

"Offers a new approach to the relationship between warfare and state construction. Historians looking at how war funding impinged on state development, and how state growth made wars more significant, have tended to downplay the role of military-provisioning entrepreneurs. This volume shows that the state-entrepreneur relationship was much more fluid and constant than previously thought. The author furnishes new insights into the role of military entrepreneurs in debates about warfare and state construction."--Includes bibliographical references (pages 275-292) and index.List of figures -- List of maps -- List of tables -- List of abbreviations -- Glossary -- I. Introduction. 1. From the fiscal-military state to the contractor state ; 2. Economic policy and military supplies -- II. Victualling the Spanish armed forces. 3. Public and private business : soldiers' bread ration ; 4. National and state capitalism ; 5. Monopolist entrepreneurs at the states' service -- III. Building the king's ships. 6. The fiscal-naval state ; 7. The paradigm of state intervention ; 8. The Spanish naval contractor state and entrepreneurs -- IV. The contractor state in action. 9. National market versus international market : the limits of mercantilism ; 10. Monopoly versus the market : urgency and flexibility ; 11. Conclusions -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index."Offers a new approach to the relationship between warfare and state construction. Historians looking at how war funding impinged on state development, and how state growth made wars more significant, have tended to downplay the role of military-provisioning entrepreneurs. This volume shows that the state-entrepreneur relationship was much more fluid and constant than previously thought. The author furnishes new insights into the role of military entrepreneurs in debates about warfare and state construction."-