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An Economic History of Twentieth-Century Latin America

Volume I: The Export Age

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Editors:
  1. Enrique Cárdenas

    1. Universidad de las Américas-Puebla, Mexico

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  2. José Antonio Ocampo

    1. United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (CEPAL/ECLAC), USA

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  3. Rosemary Thorp

    1. St Antony’s College, Oxford, UK

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Part of the book series: St Antony's Series (STANTS)

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Table of contents (10 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiii
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  2. Introduction The Export Age: The Latin American Economies in the Late Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Centuries

    • Enrique Cárdenas, José Antonio Ocampo, Rosemary Thorp
    Pages 1-31

  3. Brazil as an Export Economy, 1880–1930

    • Marcelo Paiva de Abreu, Afonso S. Bevilaqua
    Pages 32-54

  4. Coffee and the Origins of Modern Economic Development in Colombia

    • José Antonio Ocampo, María Mercedes Botero
    Pages 55-84

  5. The Economies of Central America, 1860–1940

    • Héctor Pérez Brignoli
    Pages 85-118

  6. Export-led Growth in Mexico, c. 1900–30

    • Alan Knight
    Pages 119-151

  7. Peru, 1884–1930: A Beggar Sitting on a Bench of Gold?

    • Paulo Drinot
    Pages 152-187

  8. Bolivia, 1900–39: Mining, Railways and Education

    • Manuel E. Contreras
    Pages 188-216

  9. Trying to ‘Tax and Spend’ Oneself out of the ‘Dutch Disease’: The Chilean Economy from the War of the Pacific to the Great Depression

    • Gabriel Palma
    Pages 217-264

  10. The Vicissitudes of an Exporting Economy: Argentina (1875–1930)

    • Roberto Cortés Conde
    Pages 265-298

  11. Alteration, Crisis and Adjustment in the Cuban Export Economy, 1898–1939

    • Antonio Santamaría García
    Pages 299-322

  12. Back Matter

    Pages 323-329
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About this book

This book explores the impact on Latin America of the extraordinary transformation of the international economy that took place in the half century or so that preceded the world depression of the 1930s. The authors show how the response varied in terms of both growth and distribution, shaped by varying preconditions, and by natural resources and geography. The interplay of economic developments with political and social structures had profound and varied effects on policy-making and on institutions that were of great significance for later decades.

Reviews

'This is a remarkable project, bringing together the world's leading authorities in the field and some of the best of a rising generation, with a gratifyingly strong representation of Latin American scholarship. The combination of lucid survey chapters with sectoral and national case histories is unique in its quality and scale.' - James Dunkerly

'In The Export Age, Thorp and a distinguished team of authors reexamine Latin America's economic development before the 1930s to advance our understanding of why export growth so often failed to transform the economies of the region.' - Professor Victor Bulmer, University of London

'...a useful and concise source of background information on the economic histories of specific countries...' - Gail D. Triner, Enterprise & Society

'...this large collaborative effort will prove worthwhile to a very wide audience.' - Gail Triner, Latin American Research Review

Editors and Affiliations

  • Universidad de las Américas-Puebla, Mexico

    Enrique Cárdenas

  • United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (CEPAL/ECLAC), USA

    José Antonio Ocampo

  • St Antony’s College, Oxford, UK

    Rosemary Thorp

About the editors

ARCELO DE PAIVA ABREU Professor of Economics, Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro AFONSO S. BEVILAQUA Department of Economics, Catholic Universiy of Rio de Janeiro MARIA MERCEDES BOTERO Doctoral Student, University of London ROBERTO CORTES CONDE Professor, Department of Economics, Universidad de San Andrés, Buenos Aires MANUEL CONTRERAS Dean of the Graduate School, Universidad Catolica Boliviana, La Paz, Bolivia PAULO DRINOT Doctoral Candidate in Modern History, St Antony's College, University of Oxford ALAN KNIGHT Professor of the History of Latin America, University of Oxford and Fellow of St Antony's College GABRIEL PALMA Lecturer in Economics, University of Cambridge HECTOR PEREZ BRIGNOLI Professor of History, University of Costa Rica DEMOSTHENES PINHO Central Bank of Barzil ANTONIO SANTAMARIA GARCIA Senior Associate Member of St Antony's College, Oxford 1997-98

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: An Economic History of Twentieth-Century Latin America

  • Book Subtitle: Volume I: The Export Age

  • Editors: Enrique Cárdenas, José Antonio Ocampo, Rosemary Thorp

  • Series Title: St Antony's Series

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230599659

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London

  • eBook Packages: Palgrave History Collection, History (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited 2000

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-333-91304-8Published: 10 November 2000

  • eBook ISBN: 978-0-230-59965-9Published: 09 November 2000

  • Series ISSN: 2633-5964

  • Series E-ISSN: 2633-5972

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIII, 329

  • Topics: History of the Americas, Economic History

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