Libros de Herbert S. Klein (2 libros)

The Royal Treasuries of the Spanish Empire in America provides records of Spanish colonial treasuries of various New World administrative centers. In this volume, the fourth in the series, the authors have compiled quantitative date on the fiscal structure of the presidency of Quito that will be an invaluable source for reconstructing the economic, political, and social history of eighteenth-century Ecuador.

"Important synthesis brings together Klein's archival research and his thorough reading of published monographs. He examines three administrative areas: the Viceroyalty of Peru, the Audiencia of Charcas, and the Viceroyalty of New Spain. Interpretive concluding chapter contrasts the rise of New Spain with the decline of Peru"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 58.