Vauban under siege : engineering efficiency and martial vigor in the War of the Spanish Succession / by Ostwald, Jamel

Table of Contents: “…ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; LIST OF MAPS, FIGURES AND TABLES; NOTES; CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER TWO THE PERFECT SIEGE OF ATH 1697; CHAPTER THREE EFFICIENCY AND THE PERFECT SIEGE; CHAPTER FOUR THE TRANSITIONAL WAR OF THE SPANISH SUCCESSION; CHAPTER FIVE IMPLEMENTING THE PARADIGM SIEGE; CHAPTER SIX CONTESTING THE PARADIGM SIEGE; CHAPTER SEVEN VIGOR: AN ALTERNATIVE PARADIGM; CHAPTER EIGHT SUCCEEDING WITH VIGOR; CHAPTER NINE THE VIGOROUS FUTURE; APPENDICES; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX.…”
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España Britannia : [a bitter-sweet relationship] / by Ward, Alistair

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Empire of the North Atlantic : The Maritime Struggle for North America, Second Edition / by Graham, Gerald S.

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Carl von Clausewitz : Historical and Political Writings / by Clausewitz, Carl von, 1780-1831

Table of Contents: “…"Some Comments on the War of the Spanish Succession after Reading the Letters of Madame de Maintenon to the Princess des Ursins" (1826 or later) --…”
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Performances of peace : Utrecht 1713 /

Table of Contents: “…The theatrical stage -- Theatres of war and diplomacy on the early-eighteenth-century Amsterdam stage / Cornelis van der Haven -- Performance and propaganda in Spanish America during the War of the Spanish Succession / Aaron Alejandro Olivas -- Promoting the peace : Queen Anne and the public thanksgiving at St. …”
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I am not master of events : the speculations of John Law and Lord Londonderry in the Mississippi and South Sea bubbles / by Neal, Larry, 1941-

Table of Contents: “…Storms in the Caribbean Sea and the life of Lord Londonderry -- The War of the Spanish succession and the Jacobite Rebellion -- The diamond deal -- Learning by doing : law and Londonderry before the bet -- The bet of the bubbles -- The blowing and bursting of bubbles -- The workout -- Family problems -- Did the speculations of law and Londonderry matter? …”
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The Dutch Republic : its rise, greatness and fall, 1477-1806 / by Israel, Jonathan Irvine

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Events that changed the world in the eighteenth century /

Table of Contents: “…Peter the Great reforms Russia, 1689-1725 / Taylor Stults -- The war of the Spanish succession, 1701-1714 / Andrew P. Trout -- The first British empire, 1701-1763 / Thomas Prasch -- The war of the Austrian succession and the Seven Years' War, 1740-1763 / Franz A.J. …”
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Questioning credible commitment : perspectives on the rise of financial capitalism /

Table of Contents: “…Constitutional monarchies and bureaucratic states: model specificationsKey to references; References; 5 Jurisdictional controversy and the credibility of common law; Key to archive references; References; 6 The importance of not defaulting: The significance of the election of 1710; References; 7 Financing and refinancing the War of the Spanish Succession, and then refinancing the South Sea Company; The War of the Spanish Succession; Dealing with the debts created by the war; Investors in British state debt; Trading in long-term debt, 1719-21, and South Sea Annuities, 1723-8; Conclusion…”
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British Catholic merchants in the commercial age, 1670-1714 / by Pizzoni, Giada

Table of Contents: “…Frontcover -- Contents -- List of Maps -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- List of Abbreviations -- The Aylward family in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries -- Introduction -- 1 Religion, Trade, and National Identity: A Review -- 2 Catholic Merchants in Anglo-Spanish Trade, 1670-1687 -- 3 British Catholic Merchants in St Malo during the Glorious Revolution and the Nine Years War, 1688-1698 -- 4 British Catholic Merchants in London and their Trading Strategies before and during the First Years of the War of the Spanish Succession, 1698-1705…”
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War, diplomacy and the rise of Savoy, 1690-1720 / by Storrs, Christopher

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War and Trade in Eighteenth-Century Newfoundland. by Janzen, Olaf Uwe, 1949-

Table of Contents: “…Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; About the Author; Introduction; 'A World Embracing Sea:' The Oceans as Highway, 1604-1815; 'Of Consequence to the Service:' The Rationale behind Cartographic Surveys in Early Eighteenth-Century Newfoundland; The Problem of Piracy in the Newfoundland Fishery in the Aftermath of the War of the Spanish Succession; A Scottish Sack Ship in the Newfoundland Trade, 1726-1727; 'Une petite Republique' in Southwestern Newfoundland: The Limits of Imperial Authority in a Remote Maritime Environment.…”
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Early Bourbon Spanish America : politics and society in a forgotten era (1700-1759) /

Table of Contents: “…Eissa-Barroso -- From Peru to the Jacobite court: the multiple spaces of social mobility during the transition from Habsburg to Bourbon rule / Nuria Sala i Vila -- The global politics of the transatlantic slave trade during the War of the Spanish Succession, 1700-1715 / Aaron Alejandro Olivas -- Jorge de Villalonga's entourage: political networking and administrative reform in Santa Fe (1717-1723) / Ainara Vazquez Varela -- Trade control, law and flexibility: merchants and crown interests in Panama, 1700-1750 / Silvia Espelt Bombin -- "The Indians long for change": the secularization of regular parishes in New Spain, 1749-1755 / Christoph Rosenmuller.…”
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The elusive West and the contest for empire, 1713-1763 / by Mapp, Paul W.

Table of Contents: “…The alluring Pacific ocean -- The Pacific ocean and the war of the Spanish succession -- France and the elusive West after the treaty of Utrecht. …”
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The financial decline of a great power : war, influence, and money in Louis XIV's France / by Rowlands, Guy

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The Union of 1707 : new dimensions, Scottish historical review supplementary issue /

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Britain and colonial maritime war in the early Eighteenth century : silver, seapower and the Atlantic / by Satsuma, Shinsuke

Table of Contents: “…Frontcover; Contents; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Introduction; Chapter 1 English Expansion into Spanish America and the Development of a Pro-maritime War Argument; PART I Pro-maritime War Arguments during theWar of the Spanish Succession; Chapter 2 The Idea of Economic Advantages of Maritime War in Spanish America; Chapter 3 Pro-maritime War Arguments and Party Politics; PART II Impact on Reality; Chapter 4 Impact on Reality: Naval Policy; Chapter 5 Impact on Reality: Legislation; Chapter 6 The South Sea Company and its Plan for a Naval Expedition in 1712.…”
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War and trade in eighteenth-century Newfoundland / by Janzen, Olaf Uwe, 1949-

Table of Contents: “…Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; About the Author; Introduction; 'A World Embracing Sea:' The Oceans as Highway, 1604-1815; 'Of Consequence to the Service:' The Rationale behind Cartographic Surveys in Early Eighteenth-Century Newfoundland; The Problem of Piracy in the Newfoundland Fishery in the Aftermath of the War of the Spanish Succession; A Scottish Sack Ship in the Newfoundland Trade, 1726-1727; 'Une petite Republique' in Southwestern Newfoundland: The Limits of Imperial Authority in a Remote Maritime Environment.…”
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The grand strategy of the Habsburg Empire / by Mitchell, A. Wess, 1977-

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The Caribbean and the Atlantic world economy : circuits of trade, money and knowledge, 1650-1914 /

Table of Contents: “…Leonard and David Pretel -- From seas to ocean : interpreting the shift from the North Sea-Baltic world to the Atlantic, 1650-1800 / David Ormrod -- On the rocks : a new approach to Atlantic world trade, 1520-1890 / Chuck Meide -- Commerce and conflict : Jamaica and the War of the Spanish Succession / Nuala Zahedieh -- Baltimore and the French Atlantic : empires, commerce, and identity in a revolutionary age, 1783-1798 / Manuel Covo -- Modernity and the demise of the Dutch Atlantic, 1650-1914 / Gert Oostindie -- From local to transatlantic : insuring trade in the Caribbean / A.B. …”
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