ABSTRACT This work seeks to analyse the links between elite families on both sides of the Spanish Atlantic through the processes of social negotiations that took place within the Spanish navy in the second half of the eighteenth and the opening decade of the nineteenth century. Increasingly close links led elite families to undergo and to experience similar transformations, such as new ways of representing kinship, changes in power networks, and different distinction patterns. This work examines these changes through social strategies followed by the Creole nobility to ensure that their members were admitted to the Spanish navy. The article is divided into three sections: the first part studies the circulation of people, as reflected in the enrolment of Creoles in the navy; the second section highlights the mechanisms used by families to mobilise their social relationships; the final section stresses the central role played by information in configuring Atlantic networks.

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通过海军建立社交联系：1750–1810年横跨西班牙大西洋的精英家庭联系

摘要这项工作旨在通过18世纪下半叶和19世纪初的十年间在西班牙海军内部进行的社会谈判过程来分析西班牙大西洋两岸的精英家庭之间的联系。越来越紧密的联系导致精英家庭经历并经历了类似的转变，例如代表亲戚关系的新方式，电网的变化以及不同的区分方式。这项工作通过克里奥尔族贵族遵循的社会策略研究了这些变化，以确保其成员被接纳为西班牙海军。文章分为三个部分：第一部分研究人的流通，这反映在海军克里奥尔人的录取中。第二部分重点介绍家庭动员其社会关系所使用的机制；最后一部分强调了信息在配置大西洋网络中所起的核心作用。