Genoese Trade and Migration in the Spanish Atlantic, 1700–1830

Cover -- Half-title -- Title page -- Copyright information -- Table of contents -- Acknowledgments -- List of abbreviations -- Weights and measures -- Monetary units -- Introduction -- A maritime nation in diaspora -- A chapter in Atlantic history -- Part I In the shadow of empire -- 1 Genoese migration to Cadiz: a persisting alliance -- An age-old symbiosis -- Genoa in the eighteenth century: political weakness and commercial dynamism -- Cadiz as capital of the Genoese diaspora -- A welcome migration -- Foreign competitors or useful vecinos? A thin borderline -- 2 Carving out a place in the Spanish colonial trade -- A web of relatives and countrymen -- In search of legal access to the Carrera de Indias -- A ''weak'' nation -- 3 Migration and investments toward colonial Buenos Aires -- The Río de la Plata as a new pole of the Spanish Atlantic -- Pedlars, shop-owners and traders on a commercial frontier -- Paths of integration and economic success -- Prospects for social advancement within local institutions -- The Genoese in Buenos Aires on the eve of independence -- Part II Transcending empire -- 4 The breakdown and reorientation of Genoese Atlantic trade -- The end of the Genoese Republic -- The decline of Cadiz -- War and conscription in Buenos Aires -- The opening of the Genoa-Buenos Aires route -- 5 Settling in independent Buenos Aires -- Spontaneous migration toward a growing economy -- Prospering along the river -- Traditional economic strategies in new spaces for social advancement -- Under the cover of the privileged merchant court -- Toward a new symbiosis -- Conclusion -- Appendix -- Notes -- Introduction -- Chapter 1 -- Chapter 2 -- Chapter 3 -- Chapter 4 -- Chapter 5 -- Conclusion -- Archival sources -- Bibliography -- Index