RT Journal Article T1 Social Networks and the Circulation of Technology and Knowledge in the Global Spanish Empire A1 Yun Casalilla, Bartolomé K1 Social Network K1 Technolgy K1 Spanish Empire K1 Early Modern World K1 Knowledge K1 Proyecto GECEM AB This chapter aims at drawing attention to the role of the SpanishEmpire in the circulation of technology and technological knowledgeduring this epoch. It focuses on the role of informal institutions andsocial networks regulating such circulation and examines the relationshipbetween political power and the control of technological knowledge, aswell as the often-simplified interplay between globalization and empire. PB Palgrave Macmillan SN 978-981-10-4052-8 SN 978-981-10-4053-5 YR 2018 FD 2018-01-06 LK http://hdl.handle.net/10433/5130 UL http://hdl.handle.net/10433/5130 LA en NO M. Perez Garcia and L. de Sousa (eds.), Global History and New Polycentric Approaches, Palgrave NO GECEM Project, Global Encounters between China and Europe: Trade Networks, Consumption and Cultural Exchanges in Macau and Marseille (1680-1840), ERC (European Research Council)- Starting Grant, programa Horizon 2020, número de ref. 679371, www.gecem.eu. DS RIO RD May 9, 2026