European Aristicracies and Colonial Elites : Patrimonial Management Strategies and Economic Development 15th-18th Centuries Book

	Introduction	1
	Old regime aristocracies, colonial elites and economic development : a reconsideration	5
	Landlords and economic development in England, 1450-1800	25
	The characteristics of an aristocratic economy in France, 16th-18th centuries	37
	The economic role of the Belgian aristocracy in the 17th and 18th centuries	57
	From political and social management to economic management? : Castilian aristocracy and economic development, 1450-1800	85
	The aristocratic estates in Portugal and their management, 1600-1834	99
	The structure of aristocratic patrimonies in the Kingdom of Naples : management strategies and regional economic development, 16th-18th centuries	115
	Two ages of seigniorial economy in Brandenburg-Prussia : structural innovation in the 16th century, productivity gains in the 18th century	137
	Entrepreneurship and management on the estates of the Austrian nobility, 1550-1780	155
	Economic activity of the polish nobility and its consequences : the manorial system in the early modern times	169
	Early modern Russian estate management and economic development	179
	The role of aristocratic management strategies in the economic development of the British North American Chesapeake	199
	Ephemeral splendour and a lengthy tradition : the Peruvian aristocracy of the late colonial period	213
	Brazilian sugar planters as aristocratic managers, 1550-1825	233
	Final considerations : aristocracies and economic progress under the Ancien Regime	247