Elvira L Vilches

Associate Professor of Romance Studies

Romance Studies

elvira.vilches@duke.edu

Box 90257, Durham, NC 27713

218 Language Center, Box 90257, Durham, NC 27708

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New World Gold Cultural Anxiety and Monetary Disorder in Early Modern Spain

Book · May 15, 2010 Featured Publication Elvira Vilches examines economic treatises, stories of travel and conquest, moralist writings, fiction, poetry, and drama to reveal that New World gold ultimately became a problematic source of power that destabilized Spain’s sense of ... ... Open Access Link to item Cite