Unifying Enlightenment

Jesús Astigarraga, Ph.D. in Economics and in History (1991, 2015), University of Zaragoza (Spain), is Professor of Political Economy at that university. He has published monographs and many chapters and articles on the Spanish Enlightenment, including, as editor, The Spanish Enlightenment Revisited (Oxford, Voltaire Foundation, 2015).

"Astigarraga’s analysis is at its finest when it focuses on the circulation of translations and the transmission of economic ideas. Scholars interested in the growth of institutions that aimed to host and furnish debates about European political-economic ideas will find a rich resource in this book and, in particular, in its extensive bibliography, since the work features a collection of sources which have remained understudied to this day." - E. Jones Corredera, Bulletin of Spanish Studies, Vol. 98, Nº 10, 2021, pags. 1723-1724.

• Preliminary NoteIntroduction1 Merchants’ Handbooks (1699–1759): Educate, Inform, Reform1 Introduction2 From Pérez de Moya to Corachán3 From Corachán to Bordázar4 The Financiers’ Revolt5 Other Channels of Mercantile Information6 Final Remarks2 Graef’s Discursos Mercuriales (1752–1756) and the Origins of the Economics Press in Spain1 Introduction: Graef and the Discursos Mercuriales2 The 1755 Discurso Preliminar3 The Chief Source of the Discursos: The Journal Oeconomique4 Oikonomia in the Discursos Mercuriales5 From Oikonomia to the “Science of Commerce:” The Discourse on Commerce in General (1755–1756)6 Final Remarks3 Political Economy in the Spectators Era of the Spanish Press (1758–1771)1 Introduction2 Nifo and the Estafeta de Londres (1762)3 Nifo and the Correo General de Europa (1763)4 The Miscelánea Política (1763) by Barberi5 The Saura´s Semanario Económico (1765–1767)6 Final Remarks4 Decentralising the Ilustración, Disseminating the Political Economy1 Introduction2 The Trade Consulates and Economic Societies3 The Memorias of the Economic Societies4 Going beyond the Memorias of the Economic Societies5 Economic Societies and the Promotion of the Economic Press6 Final Remarks5 Commerce and Political Economy Dictionaries1 Introduction2 Oikonomia and Commerce in the Encyclopaedic Literature of Eighteenth Century Europe3 A Commerce Dictionary in Spain: The Project Phase4 A Commerce Dictionary in Spain: The Creation Phase5 Encyclopaedic Literature: The Encyclopédies Compiled by Diderot and D’Alembert and Panckoucke6 Final Remarks6 In Support of the Enligthened Reforms: The Memorial Literario (1784–1808)1 Introduction: The Press in the “Golden Age”2 Political Economy in the Press: Diverse Channels3 The Memorial Literario3.1 The Memorial Literario in Spain’s Territorial Pluralism3.2 The Journalism Power of Controversies3.3 Agriculture, Industry and Trade4 Final Remarks7 The Critical Press and Public Opinion: El Correo de Madrid(1786–1791) and the Espíritu de Los Mejores Diarios (1787–1791)1 Introduction2 El Correo de Madrid o de los ciegos (1786–1791)3 The Espíritu de los Mejores Diarios (1787–1791)4 Final Remarks8 Training the New Bureaucrats: The Political Economy Chairs (1784–1808)1 Introduction2 Maturing the Projects, Shaping “Opinion”3 The Saragossa Chair: An Official and Experimental Experience4 The Forgotten Natural Law and Moral Philosophy Chairs5 Beyond Saragossa: Madrid, Majorca and Salamanca6 The Counter-Enlightenment Reaction7 Final Remarks9 Merchants’ Handbooks (1760–1808): From Office Desks to Chairs of Commerce1 Introduction: An Overview (1699–1808)2 The Strengthening of Local Genealogies (1760–1790)3 Bails and Enlightened Reformism Handbooks4 The Correo Mercantil and the Modernisation of Trading Culture5 The Purpose of Drafting a Code of Commerce6 The Chairs of Commerce and Their Handbooks7 Final Remarks10 The Specialised Economics Press: The Correo Mercantil (1792–1808) and the Semanario de Agricultura (1797–1808)1 Introduction: Board of Trade and the Official Statistics Agency2 The Correo Mercantil de España y sus Indias (1792–1808)3 The Semanario de Agricultura y Artes dirigido a los párrocos (1797–1808)4 Final RemarksEpilogueAppendixBibliography, Sources and AbbreviationsIndex