The Napoleonic Wars: A Watershed in Spanish History?

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The Napoleonic Wars had dramatic consequences for Spain's economy. The Peninsular War had higher demographic impact than any other military conflict, including civil wars, in the modern era. Farmers suffered confiscation of their crops and destruction of their main capital asset, livestock. The shrinking demand, the disruption of international and domestic trade, and the shortage of inputs hampered industry and services. The loss of the American colonies, a by-product of the French invasion, seriously harmed absolutism. In the long run, however, the Napoleonic Wars triggered the dismantling of Ancien Régime institutions and interest groups. Freed from their constraints, the country started a long and painful transition towards the liberal society. The Napoleonic Wars may be deemed, then, a watershed in Spanish history.

Angaben zum Objekt

• Sprache: Englisch

Verweise und Beziehungen

• Erschienen in: Series: EHES Working Papers in Economic History ; No. 130

Klassifikation und Themen

• Klassifikation: Wirtschaft ; Institutions and the Macroeconomy ; Colonialism; Imperialism; Postcolonialism ; Economic History: Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics; Industrial Structure; Growth; Fluctuations: Europe: Pre-1913 ; Economic History: Government, War, Law, International Relations, and Regulation: Europe: Pre-1913
• Thema: Napoleonic Wars ; Peninsular War ; Spain ; Institutional Change ; Growth

Beteiligte, Orts- und Zeitangaben

• Ereignis: Geistige Schöpfung
• (wer): Prados de la Escosura, Leandro ; Santiago-Caballero, Carlos
• Ereignis: Veröffentlichung
• (wer): European Historical Economics Society (EHES)
• (wo): s.l.
• (wann): 2018

Weitere Informationen

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/247060
• Letzte Aktualisierung: 10.03.2025, 11:44 MEZ