Uztáriz and the Origins of the “Science of Commerce” in Europe

Uztáriz published his renowned Theórica y práctica de comercio y de marina in Madrid between 1724 and 1725. in the context of the reshaping of international trade and politics brought about by the end of the War of the Spanish Succession, the Theórica was above all a proposal to guide the economic policy of Philip V, Spain’s first Bourbon monarch, with the aim of setting the country on a path of economic progress similar to that of its much-envied neighbours. The fact that 2024 is the third centenary of the work’s publication has created a particularly auspicious framework for promoting the multinational and multidisciplinary research that has taken full shape in this book.