An Economic History of Twentieth-Century Latin America: Volume I: The Export Age

by E. Cardenas, J. Ocampo, R. Thorp

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780333913048
Publisher:	Palgrave Macmillan UK
Publication date:	11/10/2000
Series:	St Antony's Series
Edition description:	2000
Pages:	329
Product dimensions:	5.98(w) x 9.02(h) x 0.04(d)

About the Author

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

Table of Contents

List of Tables and Figures Foreword: An Economic History of Twentieth Century Latin America Notes on the Contributors Introduction; E.Cardenas, J.A.Ocampo & R.Thorp Brazil as an Export Economy, 1830-1930; M.P.Abreu & A.S.Bevilaqua Coffee and the Origins of Modern Economic Development in Colombia; J.Ocampo & M.M.Botero The Economies of Central America, 1860-1940; H.P.Brignoli Export-led Growth in Mexico, c. 1900-30; A.Knight Peru, 1884-1930: A Beggar Sitting on a Bench of Gold?; P.Drinot Bolivia, 1900-39: Mining, Railways, and Education; M.E.Contreras Trying to 'Tax and Spend' Oneself Out of the 'Dutch Disease': The Chilean Economy from the War of the Pacific to the Great Depression; G.Palma The Vicissitudes of an Exporting Economy: Argentina (1875-1930); R.C.Conde Alteration, Crisis and Adjustment in Cuba, 1898-1939; A.S.Garcia Index

Editorial 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

From the Publisher

...extremely well-written,relatively comprehensive,and analytically challenging...researchers will find them immensely important.

Choice

In 1982, a group of economists and economic historians met to consider the effect of the 1929 Depression on Latin America and to explain the continent's rapid recovery. That led to the 1984 . New members joined the group in 1997, and held a series of workshops expanding their coverage to the entire century. Those generated an overview volume in 1998. The first and third of the three volumes here also emerged from those workshops, while the second volume is an update of the original 1984 study. They range between 10 and 12 articles each. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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