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Art/Literary / history, politics, economics | | Spanish term or phrase: burguesía mercantil | This refers to groups that flourished after Venezuela's civil war and transition to independence.
I've translated it as Merchant Bourgeoisie, and the author's questioning this translation.
Does anyone know if this is correct in English? Apparently in Spanish it's a political and economic term.
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....unos pocos nuevos nombres favorecidos por la guerra, confrontándose con una burguesía mercantil en crecimiento que comerciaba entonces en libertad con el extranjero.
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| | | merchant middle class | Explanation:
lots of historic references to the merchant middle class in Spain...
Class Notes: Age of Exploration
... Plots latitude. IV. Gold's Impact on Spain: A. Gold impacts Spain: Inflation. ... The
Merchant middle class is most in control here than anywhere else in the World. ...
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Absolutism and Constitutionalism: Class Notes
... The merchant middle class is somewhat Hueguenought and they MEigrate to other countries,
France ... 1. CHARLES II - King of Spain, a Habsburg, is crazy and impotent ...
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Romania: Middle Class Dilemma
... though not all) of this intellectual middle class (which I suppose is an entirely
separate issue from a merchant middle class) is relatively ... (In Spain it might ...
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SAN DIEGO MUSEUM of ART | European Old Masters - Sacred and ...
... The booming European trade economy created a merchant middle class eager to assert ... over
Europe—particularly in the Netherlands and Spain—began producing ...
www.sdmart.org/exhibition-secular.html - 69k - Aug 13, 2003 - Cached - Similar pages
16th and 17th century Europe
... the Low Lands) had succeeded in breaking away from Catholic Spain’s domination ... of
the Dutch people who were an increasingly prosperous merchant middle class. ...
tours.daytonartinstitute.org/accessart/ connect.cfm?TN=dw09 - 20k - Aug 13, 2003 - Cached - Similar pages
Aztec Empire:
... including Christopher Columbus, moved west to work for Spain or Portugal ... He relied
on newly created nobles and the growing merchant/middle class and centralized ...
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Georgian England and the Regency
... between rich and poor, and at the same time, a rise in the merchant middle class. ... He
spread himself from Spain to Egypt to Russia, but was eventually defeated ...
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Jewish History - An Essay in the Philosophy of History By SM ...
... As the merchant middle class, the Jews were protected and advanced by the kings and
the ... in faith in the Orient at Saadia's time or in the Spain of Gabirol and ...
www.nalanda.nitc.ac.in/resources/english/etext-project/ history/jewhist/chapter14.html - 23k - Cached - Similar pages
Issues of genre
... can be found in Homer’s Iliad about the Trojan war; Spain’s founding ... Hence, England’s
merchant middle class, especially the women who did not have to work ...
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Let's Go - Western Europe - History
... Those who had survived the Black Death found themselves in a seller's market and
profited from the labor shortage, producing the first merchant middle class. ...
www.letsgo.com/WEUR/14-Italy-7 - 31k - Cached - Similar pages
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| Selected response from:
 Marian Greenfield
Local time: 05:50
| Grading comment Thanks everyone. This one sounds like a safe middle ground kinda bet!
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1 min confidence:  | burguesía mercantil business (commercial) middle class
Explanation:
Oxford
burguesía f
a (Hist) bourgeoisie
b (clase media) middle class, middle classes (pl); (pey) bourgeoisie; Þpequeño1
Mike :)
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9 mins confidence: peer agreement (net): +4 | burguesía mercantil yes, / merchant bourgeoisie
Explanation:
and you have plenty of Google hits to support you. COngratulations.
| SwissTell
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Native speaker of:  German
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