The United Kingdom and Spain in the Eighteenth Century (eBook, ePUB)

Beloved Enemy
Redaktion: García Hurtado, Manuel-Reyes

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This book seeks to bridge a gap in the historiography of Spain and Great Britain by arguing that while the 18th century witnessed periods of tension, conflict, and hostility between the two powers, their relationship remained multifaceted and significant across other domains.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Erscheinungstermin: 23. September 2024
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781040149409
• Artikelnr.: 72276091

Autorenporträt

Manuel-Reyes García Hurtado is Professor of Early Modern History at the University of La Corunna (Spain) and the author and editor of many books, most recently Conflictos y tensiones en las sociedades portuarias del norte peninsular (siglos XVI-XIX) (2022).

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction 1. The Royal Navy in Anglo-Spanish Relations, 1714-1739 2. The
Royal Navy in the Backyard: The Effects of the New Context in the Western
Mediterranean as Portrayed in the Correspondence of the Spanish Military
Serving in the Wars of Italy (1718-1750) 3. The Global Enemy: Spanish
Global Awareness and British Expansion (c. 1750-1800) 4. A Forgotten
Frontier: Spanish Florida and British Georgia, 1748-1763 5. British Naval
Intelligence in Spain: "Will Keep an Eye on Ferrol" 6. Spanish Printing in
London in the Eighteenth Century 7. The Image of the Englishman in the
Spanish Literature of Enlightenment 8. Government Censorship of English
Narrative in 18th-Century Spain (1769-1810) 9. The Anglo-Spanish Rivalry in
the Eighteenth-Century Literary Space: English Translations of Spanish
Picaresque Fiction and the Rise of the Novel 10. English Influence on
Santiago de Compostela Clockmaking During the Eighteenth Century 11. The
Alhambra and the Peninsular War: William Gell and the British in Spain,
1808-1814 12. Stately Quadrille: British and Spanish Contredanses Around
the Congress of Soissons 13. "Under the Duke of Liria's Nose":
Anglo-Spanish Diplomatic Encounters in Vienna, 1731-1732 14. Between Enmity
and Friendship: The Diplomacy of Great Britain, Spain and France at the End
of the Old Regime (1793-1796) 15. Between the Portuguese and the Spanish,
British Smuggling in the Río de la Plata (1715-1735) 16. English Men in the
Periphery of the Spanish Empire: Neighbours and Surveillance of the
Foreigner in the Cabildo of Buenos Aires in the First Half of the 18th
Century 17. A War for "A Few Cabbages Planted Within an Enclosure": Debates
in the British Parliament About the Nootka Crisis (1789) 18. Enemies and
Clients: The Investment of the English and Irish Community in the Low
Andalusia in the Export and Production of Citrus Fruits During the 18th
Century 19. Merchants, Sailors and Privateers: Maritime Affairs Between
Spain and England During Wartime as Revealed in the Prize Papers