Latin American Economic History

Read full-text books and articles on:

Latin American Economic History

1.

The Economic History of Latin America since Independence
by Victor Bulmer-Thomas. 483 pgs.

Book

Read Synopsis [+]

Hide Synopsis [-]

This book covers the economic history of Latin America from independence in the 1820s to the present. It stresses the differences between Latin American countries while recognizing the similar external influences to which the region has been subject. Victor Bulmer-Thomas notes the failure of the region to close the gap in living standards between it and the United States and explores the reasons. He also examines the new paradigm taking shape in Latin America since the debt crisis of the 1980s and asks whether this new economic model will be able to bring the growth and equity that the region desperately needs. First Edition Hb (1995): 0-521-36329-2 First Edition Pb (1995): 0-521-36872-3

Show Table of Contents [+]

Hide Table of Contents [-]

Title Page

Cambridge Latin American Studies

Contents

Tables, Figures, and Maps

Preface to the Second Edition

Preface

Abbreviations

1: Latin American Economic Development: an Overview

2: The Struggle for National Identity from Independence to Midcentury

3: The Export Sector and the World Economy, Circa 1850_1914

4: Export-Led Growth: the Supply Side

5: Export-Led Growth and the Nonexport Economy

6: The First World War and Its Aftermath

7: Policy, Performance, and Structural Change in the 1930s

8: War and the New International Economic Order

9: Inward-Looking Development in the Postwar Period

10: New Trade Strategies and Debt-Led Growth

11: Debt, Adjustment, and the Shift to a New Paradigm

12: Conclusions

Appendix 1: Data Sources for Population and Exports Before 1914

Appendix 2: The Ratio of Exports to Gross Domestic Product, the Purchasing Power of Exports, and the Volume of Exports, Circa 1850 to Circa 1912

Appendix 3: Gross Domestic Product Per Head, 1913, 1928, 1980, and 2000

Bibliography

Index

Cambridge Latin American Studies
2.

Social and Economic Frontiers in Latin America
by Harry L. Stark. 428 pgs.

Book

Show Table of Contents [+]

Hide Table of Contents [-]

Title Page

Preface

List of Figures

List of Tables

Table of Contents

Part I: Introduction

Chap 1: Latin American "Social Revolution

Part II: Lands and People

Chapter 2: Natural and Human Resources

Chapter 3: Social and Cultural Traits

Part III: Internal Organization

Chapter 4: Economic Organization

Chapter 5: Politico-Military Organization and Public Finance

Chapter 7: Communism in Latin America

Chapter 8: Cuba, Case Study

Chapter 9: Inflation, Causes and Consequences

Chapter 10: Agrarian Reform

Chapter 11: Labor and Social Security Programs

Chapter 12: National and Per Capita Incomes

Chapter 13: Will to Industralize

Chapter 14: Capital Formation and the Common Market

Part IV: Productive Activity

Chapter 15: Agriculture

Chapter 16: Livestock, Forestry, Fisheries

Chapter 17: Mining and Petroleum

Chapter 18: Manufacturing

Chapter 19: Energy Sources and Uses (e=Mc2)

Chapter 20: Transport and Communications

Part V: International Relationships

Chapter 21 Foreign Trade

Chapter 22: Balance of Payments

Chapter 23: Foreign Exchange and the "Dollar Shortage"

Chapter 24: The Foreign Investor

Chapter 25: U. S. Direct Investment Benefit or Injury?

Chapter 26: United States Aid to Latin America

Chapter 27: Evaluation of United States Aid

Part VI: Conclusion

Chapter 28: The Americas in Tomorrow's World

Bibliography

Index
3.

Economic Problems of Latin America
by Seymour E. Harris. 468 pgs.

Book

Show Table of Contents [+]

Hide Table of Contents [-]

Title Page

Preface

Contents

Contributors

Part I Introduction

Chapter I Some Major Issues

Part II General Considerations

Chapter II Economic Problems of the Latin American Republics

Chapter III War and Postwar Agricultural Problems of Latin America

Chapter IV Central Banking and Monetary Management in Latin America

Chapter V Fiscal Policy and the Budget

Chapter VI Price Stabilization Programs in Latin America

Chapter VII Exchanges and Prices

Chapter VIII Inter-American Trade Policy

Part III Special Country Studies

Chapter IX Argentina

Chapter X Bolivia

Chapter XI Brazil's Economy the War and After

Chapter XII Chile

Chapter XIII Colombia: with Particular Reference to Price Control

Chapter XIV Cuba: Sugar and Currency

Chapter XV Haiti

Chapter XVI Mexico: with Special Reference to Its International Economic Relations

Chapter XVII Paraguay: with Particular Reference to Price Control

Chapter XVIII Venezuela

Appendix

Index
4.

Latin America, Its Problems and Its Promise: A Multidisciplinary Introduction (Part Four "Economic and Social Structures")
by Jan Knippers Black. 658 pgs.

Book

Read Synopsis [+]

Hide Synopsis [-]

Praise for earlier editions: "Deserves serious consideration for use at the undergraduate level.... Will provide undergraduates with a broad understanding of the evolution of the issues & theoretical frameworks that have been at the center of this field of study." Journal of Third World Studies "The articles are short, up-to-date, & concise. Exactly what is needed for introductory students. The range of material it covers is thorough. It offers both cross-cutting articles by theme as well as country-by-country material. The writing style throughout is clear & easy to understand.... A most worthwhile book!" Pauline Hansen-Vaillancourt Universite du Quebec a Montreal "A fine job.... This book should meet the need for today's increasingly multidisciplinary courses introducing North American students to the vast & varied region of Latin America." William E. Melvin Memphis State University

Show Table of Contents [+]

Hide Table of Contents [-]

Title Page

CONTENTS

MAPS, TABLES, FIGURES, AND ILLUSTRATIONS

I: INTRODUCTION: THE EVOLUTION OF LATIN AMERICAN STUDIES

NOTES

PART ONE: THE LAND AND THE PEOPLE

2: PHYSICAL LANDSCAPE AND SETTLEMENT PATTERNS

SUGGESTED READINGS

3: THE INDIAN POPULATIONS OF LATIN AMERICA

NOTES

SUGGESTED READINGS

PART TWO: HISTORICAL SETTING

4: COLONIAL LATIN AMERICA

SUGGESTED READINGS

5: THE CONTINUITY OF THE NATIONAL PERIOD

SUGGESTED READINGS

PART THREE: CULTURAL EXPRESSION

6: PHILOSOPHY AND THE INTELLECTUAL TRADITION

SUGGESTED READINGS

7: LATIN AMERICAN LITERATURE

SUGGESTED READINGS

8: NATIONALISM AND MODERN LATIN AMERICAN ART

NOTES

SUGGESTED READINGS

PART FOUR: ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL STRUCTURES

9: THE LATIN AMERICAN ECONOMIES RESTRUCTURE, AGAIN

NOTES

SUGGESTED READINGS

10: SOCIAL STRUCTURE AND CHANGE IN LATIN AMERICA

SUGGESTED READINGS

11: NATURE IN LATIN AMERICA: IMAGES AND ISSUES

NOTES

SUGGESTED READINGS

PART FIVE: POLITICAL PROCESSES AND TRENDS

12: PARTICIPATION AND POLITICAL PROCESS: THE COLLAPSIBLE PYRAMID

NOTES

SUGGESTED READINGS

13: THE POLITICS OF INSECURITY

NOTES

PART SIX: EXTERNAL RELATIONS

14: INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS IN LATIN AMERICA: CONFLICT AND COOPERATIONS

NOTES

SUGGESTED READINGS

15: THE UNITED STATES AND LATIN AMERICA: INTO A NEW ERA

NOTES

SUGGESTED READINGS

16: LATIN AMERICA IN THE WORLD

NOTES

SUGGESTED READINGS

PART SEVEN: MEXICO

17: MEXICO: HISTORICAL FOUNDATIONS

NOTES

SUGGESTED READINGS

18: MEXICO: THE PERMANENT CRISIS

SUGGESTED READINGS

PART EIGHT: CENTRAL AMERICA AND PANAMA

19: CENTRAL AMERICA: BACKGROUND TO THE CRISIS

SUGGESTED READINGS

20: CENTRAL AMERICA: FROM REVOLUTION TO NEOLIBERAL "REFORM"

NOTES

SUGGESTED READINGS

21: PANAMA AND THE CANAL

NOTES

SUGGESTED READINGS

PART NINE: CUBA AND THE CARIBBEAN

22: THE CUBAN REVOLUTION

SUGGESTED READINGS

23: THE CARIBBEAN: THE STRUCTURE OF MODERN-CONSERVATIVE SOCIETIES

NOTES

SUGGESTED READINGS

PART TEN: THE ANDES

24: VENEZUELA, COLOMBIA, AND ECUADOR

SUGGESTED READINGS

25: PERU AND BOLIVIA

SUGGESTED READINGS

PART ELEVEN: THE SOUTHERN CONE

26: CHILE: THE DEVELOPMENT, BREAKDOWN, AND RECOVERY OF DEMOCRACY

SUGGESTED READINGS

27: ARGENTINA: DECLINE AND REVIVAL

SUGGESTED READINGS

28: URUGUAY AND PARAGUAY: AN ARDUOUS TRANSITION

NOTES

SUGGESTED READINGS

PART TWELVE: BRAZIL

29: BRAZIL: FROM INDEPENDENCE TO 1964

SUGGESTED READINGS

30: BRAZIL: MILITOCRACY AND FRUSTRATED DEMOCRATIZATION

NOTES

SUGGESTED READINGS

31: CONCLUSION: AN INTEGRATED NEIGHBORHOOD

NOTES

ABOUT THE BOOK AND EDITOR

ABOUT THE CONTRIBUTORS

INDEX
5.

Latin America: For a New Reinsertion in the World Economy, in Social Justice
by Jaime Osorio. 8 pgs.

Journal Article
6.

Latin American Societies in Transition ("The Economic Fabric" begins on p. 10)
by Robert C. Williamson. 272 pgs.

Book

Read Synopsis [+]

Hide Synopsis [-]

An examination of Latin America as a social system with an analysis of social processes and structures reflecting a society in conflict and change.

Show Table of Contents [+]

Hide Table of Contents [-]

Title Page

Contents

Figures and Tables

Preface

Chapter 1: What Is Latin America?

NOTES

Chapter 2: Social Systems, Values, and Roles

NOTES

Chapter 3 Population Dynamics

NOTES

Chapter 4: People and the Land

NOTES

Chapter 5: Ethnic Relations

NOTES

Chapter 6: Class Structure and Mobility

NOTES

Chapter 7: The City: Basic Patterns

NOTES

Chapter 8: The City: "New" Suburbs and '"Old" Problems

NOTES

Chapter 9 Keys to Latin America's Future

NOTES

Selected Bibiography

Index

ABOUT THE AUTHOR
7.

Pan American Economics
by Paul R. Olson, C. Addison Hickman. 479 pgs.

Book

Show Table of Contents [+]

Hide Table of Contents [-]

Title Page

Preface

Contents

Chapter 1: Role of Foreign Trade in Latin America

Chapter 2: Composition of Pan American Trade

Chapter 3: Distribution of Pan American Trade

Chapter 4: The Role of Foreign Capital in Latin America

Chapter 5: Current Foreign Investment in Latin America

Chapter 6: Latin American Outlets for Investment

Chapter 7: Impediments to Capital Investment In Latin America

Chapter 8: Public Investment in Latin America

Chapter 9: United States Tariff Policy In Latin American Trade

Chapter 10: The Reciprocal Trade Agreements Program In Latin American Trade

Chapter 11: Non-Tariff Aspects of United States International Commercial Policy

Chapter 12: Latin American Tariff Policy

Chapter 13: Latin American Exchange Control

Chapter 14: Other Latin American Non-Tariff Trade Controls

Chapter 15: Pan American Cooperation

Chapter 16: Future World Role of Pan America

Appendix

Bibliography

Index
8.

United States Policies and the Latin American Economies
by Werner Baer, Donald V. Coes. 200 pgs.

Book

Read Synopsis [+]

Hide Synopsis [-]

This volume analyzes the complex economic relationship between the United States and Latin America during the 1980s and into the 1990s. The contributors demonstrate in detail how the latent tensions among sometimes conflicting U.S. policy goals have been exacerbated by the economic crises of Latin America in the 1980s. Among the key topics addressed are the mounting debt crisis, privatization, Latin American integration, and the specific effects of U.S. policies on various aspects of Latin American economies.

Show Table of Contents [+]

Hide Table of Contents [-]

Title Page

Contents

Tables

Introduction

Note

1: Baker to Brady to Chance? Tinkering with the Latin American Debt Crisis

2: United States Policies and Latin America's Trade and Debt

3: Economic Growth and External Debt: Some Analytical Macroeconomic Issues for the Baker Plan""

Notes

4: Privatization and the State Sector

Notes

5: Economic Performance of Public Enterprises in Latin America: Lessons from Argentina and Brazil

6: United States Policies and the Labor Sector in Latin America

Notes

7: Debt Servicing and Its Impact on Financial Markets in Latin America

Notes

8: U.S. Policies and the Prospects for Latin American Economic Integration

Notes

Bibliography

Author Index

Subject Index

Contributors
9.

Sino-Latin American Economic Relations
by He Li. 179 pgs.

Book

Read Synopsis [+]

Hide Synopsis [-]

Using newly released data from the Chinese government along with extensive interviews in China and Latin America, Li gives us the first systematic analysis of the economic and political ideas underlying the recent surge in Sino-Latin American relations. His focus on China's relations with six major trading partners--Brazil, Argentina, Cuba, Chile, Mexico, and Peru--provides an accurate assessment of trends and prospects for an emerging bilateral economic partnership. The conclusions of this study find that Sino-Latin American ties have become less ideological and present PRC involvement has been largely compatible with Western interests.

Show Table of Contents [+]

Hide Table of Contents [-]

Title Page

Contents

Tables and Figures

Abbreviations

Acknowledgments

1: Introduction

NOTES

2: Early Development of Sino-Latin American Economic Relations: 1949-1958

NOTES

3: The Years after the Cuban Revolution: 1959-1969

NOTES

4: The Period of Normalization of Relations: 1970-1977

NOTES

5: China's Open-Door Policy and Trade with Latin America: 1978-1990

NOTES

NOTES

7: Technology Transfer

NOTES

8: Problems and Issues in Current Economic Relations

NOTES

9: Prospects for Future Economic Relations

NOTES

10: Summary and Conclusions

NOTES

Appendix A: Trade Treaties and Agreements between China and Latin America, 1949-1990

Appendix B: Major Sino-Latin American Joint Ventures in Latin America

Selected Bibliography

Index

About the Author
10.

The Democratic Revolution in Latin America: History, Politics, and U. S. Policy (Chap. 7 "Economic Crisis and Democracy")
by Howard J. Wiarda. 302 pgs.

Book

Show Table of Contents [+]

Hide Table of Contents [-]

Title Page

The Democratic Revolution in Latin America: History, Politics, and U.S. Policy

Contents

Foreword

Preface

Introduction the Trend Toward Democracy in Latin America: Opportunities and Problems

Part One Historical Background

1: The Latin American Political Tradition: A Difficult Legacy of Democracy

2: The Political Culture(s) of Latin America

3: The New Democratic Openings in Latin America

Part Two U.S. Policy Initiatives

4: Earlier U.S. Efforts to Establish Democracy in Latin America

5: Toward an Effective Human Rights Policy

6: Project Democracy and the National Endowment for Democracy

7: Economic Crisis and Democracy

Part Three Political Dimensions

8: U.S. Relations with Nondemocratic Regimes

9: Democratic Progress—and Its Problems—in Latin America

10: Implications for U.S. Policy

Select Bibliography

Index
11.

Capital, Power and Inequality in Latin America (Chap. 4 "The Contemporary Latin American Economies: Neoliberal Reconstruction," Chap. 5 "Economic Restructuring, Neoliberal Reforms, and the Working Class in Latin America," and Chap. 7 "Latin American Women and the Search for Social, Political, and Economic Transformation")
by Sandor Halebsky, Richard L. Harris. 324 pgs.

Book

Show Table of Contents [+]

Hide Table of Contents [-]

Title Page

Latin American Perspectives Series

Contents

Introduction: Capital, Power, and Inequality in Latin America

1: Rural Latin America: Exclusionary and Uneven Agricultural Development

2: Urban Transformation and Survival Strategies

3: Demilitarization and Democratic Transition in Latin America

4: The Contemporary Latin American Economies: Neoliberal Reconstruction

5: Economic Restructuring, Neoliberal Reforms, and the Working Class in Latin America

6: The Riddle of New Social Movements: Who They Are and What They Do

7: Latin American Women and the Search for Social, Political, and Economic Transformation

8: Latin America's Indigenous Peoples: Changing Identities and Forms of Resistance

9: Whither the Catholic Church in the 1990s?

10: Latin America and the Social Ecology of Capitalism

11: The Global Context of Contemporary Latin American Affairs

About the Book and Editors

About the Contributors

Index
12.

Lost Promises: Debt, Austerity, and Development in Latin America
by William L. Canak. 244 pgs.

Book

Show Table of Contents [+]

Hide Table of Contents [-]

Title Page

About the Book

Contents

Tables and Figures

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Part 1 the Global Economy and Austerity

1: Debt, Austerity, and Latin America in the New International Division of Labor

References

Part 2 the National Economy and Austerity

2: Democracy and Inflation, in the LIght of the Brazilian Experience

References

3: The Fall of Labor's Share in Income and Consumption: A New "Growth Model" for Argentina?

References

References

Part 3 the Consequences of Austerity

4: The Demographic Consequences of Austerity in Latin America

References

5: Austerity and Regional Development Strategy in Argentina and Latin America

6: The Polarization of Class and Space in the Contemporary Latin American City

Notes

References

7: Heterodox Shocks and the Political Economy of Democratic Transition in Argentina and Brazil

Notes

References

Part 4 Responses to Austerity Policies

8: Austerity and Trade Unions in Latin America

Notes

9: The Response to Austerity: Political and Economic Strategies of Mexico's Rural Poor

Notes

References

10: Austerity and Dissent: Social Bases of Popular Struggle in Latin America

References

About the Editor and Contributors

Index
13.

The Changing Role of the State in Latin America (Chap. 5 "The State in Retreat in the Economy")
by Menno Vellinga. 316 pgs.

Book

Read Synopsis [+]

Hide Synopsis [-]

Since the 1930s the state has played a primary role in the development process of Latin American countries, & political systems have had strong corporatist & authoritarian-centralist features. In the last several years, as that role has become increasingly incompatible with neoliberal reforms & the requirements of a transition to democracy, state power has been significantly decentralized, & the state has withdrawn from direct intervention in the economy. This book examines the consequences of the redefinition of the state for processes of democratization & state-civil society relations.

Show Table of Contents [+]

Hide Table of Contents [-]

Title Page

Contents

Preface

1: The Changing Role of the State in Latin America

Conclusion

2: Historical Determinants of the Latin American State

Conclusion

3: The Rise and Fall of the Developmental State in Latin America

Concluding Reflections

4: Neoliberalism, Democratization, and the Rise of Technocrats

Notes

5: The State in Retreat in the Economy

Notes

6: Argentina: the Politics of Economic Liberalization

Notes

7: The State in Retreat in the Administrative Field

Conclusion

8: Centralizing Politics Versus Decentralizing Policies in Mexico

Conclusion

9: The Redefinition of State Policies in the Social Arena: the Case of Mexico

Conclusion

10: Redefining the State's Social Policies: the Case of Venezuela

Conclusions: Prospects for Social Policies in Coming Years

11: "Popular Deluge," the Informal Sector, Political Independents, and the State in Peru

Notes

12: Ngos, the State, and the Development Process: the Dilemmas of Institutionalization

Notes

13: Social Movements and Citizenship Rights in Latin America

Notes

About the Contributors

Index

Search the entire Questia Library for more on: Latin American Economic History

View all books and articles on Latin American economic history

Latin American Economic History - Related Topics

Visitors researching Latin American economic history also searched on:

Get full-text access to all publications in this Research Pack on Latin American economic history

Only
$9.95

30-Day access
(One-time charge)

Search the Library

Related Topics

Click here for more books and articles on Latin American economic history

Sponsored Links

Read more than 5,000 classic books FREE!

Back to top

Newsletter | Privacy Policy | User Agreements | Questia School | About Us | Advertise with Us | Contact | Tools for Webmasters | FREE BOOKS

© 2009 - Questia Media America, Inc. All rights reserved. All service marks and trademarks are property of
Questia Media and its affiliates. Any advertising or navigational links included on this site are not necessarily
endorsed by the publishers or content providers whose materials appear on this site.