Abstract

GRAFENSTEIN, Johanna von  and  RODRIGUEZ TREVINO, Julio César. Military and naval forces pro-insurgents in the north-eastern terri-tories and maritime borders of New Spain, 1813-1819. Tzintzun. Rev. estud. históricos [online]. 2018, n.67, pp.103-132.  Epub Mar 17, 2020. ISSN 2007-963X.

In 1768 and 1769, inspector José de Gálvez traveled to the northwestern pro-vinces of New Spain in order to implement a series of measures aimed at the secularization of the jesuit missions. The sources show a close relation-ship between the writings of the spanish visitor and the ideas that, at that time, gave heat to the debate on the economic virtues of promoting indivi-dual interests and private property. In a few historical texts the relationship between the European economic thought and enlightened policies of Spain during its application to the American colonies.

Keywords : enlightened despotism; individual interest; privatization; secularization.