Overview
- Written in an accessible, jargon-free style, appealing to scholars, students and the general reader alike
- Draws on the author’s extensive fieldwork in Latin America and Europe, combining unexplored primary research with a rich range of secondary sources
- Charts the major economic, social and political changes in the relationship between Britain and Argentina over two centuries
Part of the book series: Britain and the World (BAW)
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Table of contents (10 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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About this book
Drawing on largely unexplored nineteenth- and twentieth-century sources, this book offers an in-depth study of Britain’s presence in Argentina. Its subjects include the nineteenth-century rise of British trade, merchants and explorers, of investment and railways, and of British imperialism. Spanning the period from the Napoleonic Wars until the end of the twentieth century, it provides a comprehensive history of the unique British community in Argentina. Later sections examine the decline of British influence in Argentina from World War I into the early 1950s. Finally, the book traces links between British multinationals and the political breakdown in Argentina of the 1970s and early 1980s, leading into dictatorship and the Falklands War. Combining economic, social and political history, this extensive volume offers new insights into both the historical development of Argentina and of British interests overseas.
Authors and Affiliations
About the author
David Rock is Research Professor at the University of California, Santa Barbara, USA, and Senior Research Associate at the Centre of Latin American Studies, University of Cambridge, UK. He is the author of several previous books on the history of Argentina in English and Spanish, of contributions to the Cambridge History of Latin America and of numerous articles. He is a recipient of the Herbert E. Bolton Prize in Latin American History, of Guggenheim and Fulbright Fellowships and of awards from the National Endowment for the Humanities of the United States.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: The British in Argentina
Book Subtitle: Commerce, Settlers and Power, 1800–2000
Authors: David Rock
Series Title: Britain and the World
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-97855-0
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: History, History (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2019
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-97854-3Published: 17 December 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-97855-0Published: 29 November 2018
Series ISSN: 2947-7182
Series E-ISSN: 2947-7190
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXIII, 424
Number of Illustrations: 15 b/w illustrations
Topics: Popular Science in History, Latin American History, History of Britain and Ireland, Imperialism and Colonialism, Economic History