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De las reformas borbonicas a la republica: el consulado y el comercio maritimo de Lima, 1778-1821. By CARMEN PARR6N SALAS. San Javier, Murcia: Imprenta de la Academia General del Aire, 1995. Illustration. Maps. Graphs. Tables. Appendixes. Bibliography. 583 pp. Paper.
In this careful examination of the consulado of Lima and Peruvian trade from the expansion of comercio libre in 1778 to independence, Carmen Parron Salas convincingly argues that successful implementation of the crown's policy of eliminating foreign competition and establishing state control of trade would have broken the Cadiz merchants' dominance in the Peruvian market and destroyed Peruvian merchants as well. Facing intense competition, however, first from the Five Major Guilds of...