Merchant Networks, Microspaces, and the Circulation of Ideas: Liberalism in the Wake of the Royal Company of the Philippines

It is well known that the founding of the Royal Company of the Philippines not only stemmed from the late–eighteenth-century Bourbon Reforms but also gave rise to opium trading networks in East Asia. It is less known, however, that the company and the networks created by its employees constituted co...

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Main Author: Anduaga, Aitor; University
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Published: Archīum Ateneo 2022
Online Access:https://archium.ateneo.edu/phstudies/vol70/iss3/3
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spelling ph-ateneo-arc.phstudies-11322024-08-07T03:42:03Z Merchant Networks, Microspaces, and the Circulation of Ideas: Liberalism in the Wake of the Royal Company of the Philippines Anduaga, Aitor; University It is well known that the founding of the Royal Company of the Philippines not only stemmed from the late–eighteenth-century Bourbon Reforms but also gave rise to opium trading networks in East Asia. It is less known, however, that the company and the networks created by its employees constituted communities that shared both material and immaterial goods. This essay analyzes the historical process through which its employees created a space for ideas linked to economic liberalism. The issue has particular importance since there have been few studies on the similarities between the evolution of trading companies and liberalism.KEYWORDS: ROYAL COMPANY OF THE PHILIPPINES • ECONOMIC LIBERALISM • NETWORK • MICROSPACE • KNOWLEDGE CIRCULATION 2022-11-10T08:00:00Z text application/pdf https://archium.ateneo.edu/phstudies/vol70/iss3/3 https://archium.ateneo.edu/context/phstudies/article/1132/viewcontent/Merchant_20Networks_2C_20Microspaces_20_5Bvol._2070_20no._202_20_282022_29_20365_E2_80_93401_5D.pdf Philippine Studies: Historical and Ethnographic Viewpoints Archīum Ateneo
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description It is well known that the founding of the Royal Company of the Philippines not only stemmed from the late–eighteenth-century Bourbon Reforms but also gave rise to opium trading networks in East Asia. It is less known, however, that the company and the networks created by its employees constituted communities that shared both material and immaterial goods. This essay analyzes the historical process through which its employees created a space for ideas linked to economic liberalism. The issue has particular importance since there have been few studies on the similarities between the evolution of trading companies and liberalism.KEYWORDS: ROYAL COMPANY OF THE PHILIPPINES • ECONOMIC LIBERALISM • NETWORK • MICROSPACE • KNOWLEDGE CIRCULATION
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author Anduaga, Aitor; University
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Merchant Networks, Microspaces, and the Circulation of Ideas: Liberalism in the Wake of the Royal Company of the Philippines
author_facet Anduaga, Aitor; University
author_sort Anduaga, Aitor; University
title Merchant Networks, Microspaces, and the Circulation of Ideas: Liberalism in the Wake of the Royal Company of the Philippines
title_short Merchant Networks, Microspaces, and the Circulation of Ideas: Liberalism in the Wake of the Royal Company of the Philippines
title_full Merchant Networks, Microspaces, and the Circulation of Ideas: Liberalism in the Wake of the Royal Company of the Philippines
title_fullStr Merchant Networks, Microspaces, and the Circulation of Ideas: Liberalism in the Wake of the Royal Company of the Philippines
title_full_unstemmed Merchant Networks, Microspaces, and the Circulation of Ideas: Liberalism in the Wake of the Royal Company of the Philippines
title_sort merchant networks, microspaces, and the circulation of ideas: liberalism in the wake of the royal company of the philippines
publisher Archīum Ateneo
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