An Economic History of Twentieth-Century Latin America, Volume 1 The Export Age: The Latin American Economies in the Late Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Centuries

by Cardenas, Enrique; Ocampo, Jose Antonio; Thorp, Rosemary

• ISBN13: 9780333913048
• ISBN10: 0333913043
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2001-01-13
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan

Summary

The first volume in this series explores the impact on Latin America of the extraordinary transformation in the international economy that took place in the half century or so which preceded the world depression of the 1930s. The internationally respected authors show how the response varied in terms of both growth and distribution, shaped by varying preconditions, 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, of great significance for the next decade.

Author Biography

Enrique Cßrdenas is Professor of Economics and Rector, Universidad de las AmTricas-Pueblas.

JosT Antonio Ocampo is Executive Secretary, United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean.

Rosemary Thorp is Reader in the Economics of Latin America, St. Antony's College.

Table of Contents

List of Tables and Figures	viii
Foreword to An Economic History of Twentieth-Century Latin America	xi
Notes on the Contributors	xii
Introduction The Export Age: The Latin American Economies in the Late Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Centuries	1	(31)
Enrique Cardenas
Jose Antonio Ocampo
Rosemary Thorp
Brazil as an Export Economy, 1880--1930	32	(23)
Marcelo de P. Abreu
Afonso S. Bevilaqua
Coffee and the Origins of Modern Economic Development in Colombia	55	(30)
Jose Antonio Ocampo
Maria Mercedes Botero
The Economies of Central America, 1860--1940	85	(34)
Hector Perez Brignoli
Export-led Growth in Mexico, c. 1900--30	119	(33)
Alan Knight
Peru, 1884--1930: A Beggar Sitting on a Bench of Gold?	152	(36)
Paulo Drinot
Bolivia, 1900--39: Mining, Railways and Education	188	(29)
Manuel 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	217	(48)
Gabriel Palma
The Vicissitudes of an Exporting Economy: Argentina, 1875--1930	265	(34)
Roberto Cortes Conde
Alteration, Crisis and Adjustment in the Cuban Export Economy, 1898--1939	299	(24)
Antonio Santamaria Garcia
Index	323