Formación económica de la élite intelectual rioplatense en el marco de la España ilustrada. El caso de Manuel Belgrano

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Educación e ideas económicas en el Río de la Plata en las postrimerías de la dominación hispánica (1795-1810)

The article analyses the economics’ studies at Salamanca’s University of General Manuel Belgrano, one of the leaders of Argentina’s independence, between 1786 and 1788. Besides being an important leader, Belgrano was also the main representative of the Enlightenment in the Rio de la Plata region, especially spreading the economics’ principles at local level. The essay stresses the hypothesis that Belgrano’s Spanish higher education has had a much bigger impact than traditionally thought.