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Description

1. xv, 485 pages : illustrations, maps; 24 cm

Summary

1. "Uses modern analytical techniques to describe Latin American economic history from early 1800s-early 1990s. Highly empirical work. Includes a superb bibliography. A major contribution"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 57.

Series statement

1. Cambridge Latin American studies ; 77

Uniform title

1. Cambridge Latin American studies ; 77.

Subject

1. Geschichte 1800-1994
2. Economic history
3. Economic policy
4. Wirtschaft
5. Economische ontwikkeling
6. economic development
7. economic policy
8. history
9. trend
10. colonialism
11. independence
12. trade development
13. trade policy
14. export promotion
15. international migration
16. migrant workers
17. labour market
18. labour supply
19. land ownership
20. agricultural development
21. manufacturing
22. industrial development
23. industrialization
24. foreign investment
25. financial market
26. financial policy
27. fiscal policy
28. economic recession
29. social implication
30. income distribution
31. poverty
32. regional cooperation
33. external debt
34. structural adjustment
35. développement économique
36. politique économique
37. histoire
38. tendance
39. colonialisme
40. indépendance
41. développement du commerce international
42. politique du commerce international
43. promotion des exportations
44. migration internationale
45. travailleur migrant
46. marché du travail
47. offre de main-d'oeuvre
48. propriété foncière
49. développement agricole
50. industries manufacturières
51. développement industriel
52. industrialisation
53. investissement étranger
54. marché financier
55. politique financier
56. politique fiscale
57. récession économique
58. conséquences sociales
59. répartition du revenu
60. pauvreté
61. coopération régionale
62. dette extérieure
63. ajustement structurel
64. desarrollo económico
65. política económica
66. historia
67. tendencia
68. colonialismo
69. independencia
70. desarrollo del comercio internacional
71. política de comercio internacional
72. promoción de exportaciones
73. migración internacional
74. trabajador migrante
75. mercado de trabajo
76. oferta de mano de obra
77. propiedad de la tierra
78. desarrollo agrícola
79. industrias manufactureras
80. desarrollo industrial
81. industrialización
82. inversiones extranjeras
83. mercado financiero
84. política financiera
85. política fiscal
86. recesión económica
87. consecuencias sociales
88. distribución del ingreso
89. pobreza
90. cooperación regional
91. deuda externa
92. ajuste estructural
93. Latin America > Economic conditions
94. Latin America > Economic policy
95. América Latina > Condiciones económicas
96. América Latina > Política económica
97. Latin America
98. Lateinamerika
99. Latin America
100. Amérique latine > Conditions économiques
101. Amérique latine > Politique économique
102. Amérique latine
103. América Latina

Contents

1. 1. Latin American economic development: an overview -- 2. The struggle for national identity from independence to midcentury. The colonial legacy. The economic consequences of independence. The free-trade question. The export sector. The nonexport economy. Regional differences -- 3. The export sector and the world economy, circa 1850-1914. World demand and the export-led growth model. Export performance. Export cycles. The pattern of external trade. The terms of trade and international transport costs -- 4. Export-led growth: the supply side. The labor market. Land. Capital markets. Foreign investment. The policy context -- 5. Export-led growth and the nonexport economy. Domestic-use agriculture. Manufacturing and its origins. Industry and relative prices. Regional differences on the eve of the First World War -- 6. The First World War and its aftermath. The collapse of the old order. Trade strategies. Exchange-rate, financial, and fiscal reform.

Owning institution

1. Princeton University Library

Bibliography (note)

1. Includes bibliographical references and index.