The Politics of Giving in the Viceroyalty of Rio de la Plata Company commercial & competition law and the Foundation Stone Meditation

and the Foundation Stone Meditation

ranging from popular media and elite cultural representations of illness to the power dynamics of the doctor-patient relationship

as well as the historical and cultural factors that shaped both them and modern Japan

the book presents qualitative research as an adaptive craft

The Politics of Giving in the Viceroyalty of Rio de la Plata Company commercial & competition law and the Foundation Stone MeditationDuring the eighteenth century, a time of almost constant international warfare, European states had to borrow money to finance their military operations. Servicing public debt demanded the collection of more taxes in a newly efficient manner, resulting in the emergence of what scholars call European "tax states." This book examines a different kind of state finance, based on voluntary donations rather than taxes. Relying on Spanish and Argentine