Journal of the History of Economic Thought, Volume 33, Number 4, December 2011 JOHN STUART MILL AND NINETEENTH- CENTURY SPAIN BY ESTRELLA TRINCADO AND JOSE ´ -LUIS RAMOS This article fills a gap in the literature by examining the only leading classical economist whose influence on Spain has yet to be studied. In particular, it analyzes the influence John Stuart Mill had on nineteenth-century Spain by showing the impact of his multifaceted work both in scientific philosophy and utilitarian philosophy, and in political and economic theory, as well as in the world of feminism. I. INTRODUCTION To understand the theory of such a fundamental thinker as John Stuart Mill, it is essential to discuss the process of the international exchange of ideas, and the reception of his ideas in different countries. In the specific case of Spain, the influences of Adam Smith, Thomas Robert Malthus, and David Ricardo have been widely researched, while that of the fourth classic author, John Stuart Mill, has yet to be studied. The impact of Mill’s works remains to be examined on a global scale, though he has wide appeal. Analyzing which of Mill’s works have been habitually quoted or translated, as well as the circulation, date, and quality of those trans- lations—or if they were accompanied by interpretive studies—can tell us a great deal about the intellectual standing of Spain in the second half of the nineteenth century. 1 Contact: estrinaz@ccee.ucm.es. Facultad de cc Econo ´micas y Empresariales - Historia e Instituciones Econo ´micas Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Campus de Somosaguas, Pozuelo de Alarco ´n s/n, Madrid 28124, Spain. We wish to thank the two referees of the paper and Elena Gallego, Luis Perdices, John Reeder, Carlos Rodrı ´guez Braun and Manuel Santos for their valuable comments and suggestions. The article has partially benefited from the project funding of the Ministry of Science and Innovation 2008-2011 Reference FFI2008-06414-C03-01/FISO. 1 Actually, J.S. Mill visited Spain in 1860 with plans to study botany, and made few but interesting reflections on Spain and its people (Trincado and Ramos 2011). Nevertheless, it still remains to be studied whether that journey had political or academic influence in Spain. In other Latin countries, however, this study has already been done, as is the case in Italy with Urbinati (1991). ISSN 1053-8372 print; ISSN 1469-9656 online/11/04000507-526 Ó The History of Economics Society, 2011 doi:10.1017/S1053837211000307