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An Economic History of Twentieth-Century Latin America
-Volume 2: Latin America in the 1930s. The Role of the Periphery in World Crisis-Rosemary Thorp (Hrsg.)
Übersicht
Verlag | : | Palgrave Macmillan UK |
Buchreihe | : | St Antony's Series |
Sprache | : | Englisch |
Erschienen | : | 10. 11. 2000 |
Seiten | : | 315 |
Einband | : | Gebunden |
Höhe | : | 216 mm |
Breite | : | 138 mm |
Gewicht | : | 621 g |
ISBN | : | 9780333633410 |
Sprache | : | Englisch |
Autorinformation
ROSEMARY THORP is Reader in the Economics of Latin America at the University of Oxford, Director of the Latin American Centre and a Fellow of St Antony's College and the Chair of Oxfam. Recent publications include Progress, Poverty and Exclusion: An Economic History of Latin America in the Twentieth Century, a report commissioned by the Interamerican Development Bank.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
List of Tables List of Figures and Maps Preface Foreword Notes on the Contributors Introduction; R.Thorp Latin America in the 1930s; C.Alejandro From an Export-led to an Import-Substituting Economy: Chile 1914-39; G.Palma The Effect of the Great Depression on the Economics of Peru and Colombia; R.Thorp & C.Londono The Colombian Economy in the 1930s; J.A.Ocampo Argentina and Brazil during the 1930s: The Impact of British and American International Economic Policies; M.Abreu Before the Depression: Brazilian Industry in the 1920s; F.R.Versiani Argentina into the Depression: Problems of an Open Economy; A.O'Connell The Great Depression and Industrialisation: The Case of Mexico; E.Cardenas Restructuring through the Depression: The State and Capital Accumulation in Mexico, 1925-49; E.V.K.FitzGerald Appendix Central America in the Inter-War Period; V.Bulmer-Thomas The 1929 World Depression in Latin America, from the Outside; C.P.Kindleberger Statistical Appendix Index
Pressestimmen
'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
'...a useful and conscise 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
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