The Cambridge Economic History of Latin America: Volume 2, The Long Twentieth Century

An indispensable reference work for anyone interested in Latin America's economic development.

Victor Bulmer-Thomas (Edited by), John Coatsworth (Edited by), Roberto Cortes-Conde (Edited by)

9780521812900, Cambridge University Press

Hardback, published 23 January 2006

764 pages, 85 tables
23.5 x 16.2 x 5.1 cm, 1.161 kg

"This second volume, like the first, will take its place in many a scholar's personal library, and will influence a new generation of economic historians involved in the region. Not at all least, the bibliographical comments accompnaying the chapters will direct the diligent reader to related sources carefully selected by individual authors. So in many ways, it really represents a wonderful beginning to, rather than the end of, study of the economic history of Latin America in the long twentieth century. I suspect that is exactly how the very distinguished editors and participants would like it to be." - Albert Fishlow, Columbia Institute of Latin American Studies and Center for the Study of Brazil at Columbia University

Volume Two treats the 'long twentieth century' from the onset of modern economic growth to the present. It analyzes the principal dimensions of Latin America's first era of sustained economic growth from the last decades of the nineteenth century to 1930. It explores the era of inward-looking development from the 1930s to the collapse of import-substituting industrialization and the return to strategies of globalization in the 1980s. Finally, it looks at the long term trends in capital flows, agriculture and the environment.

Part I. Cycles of Globalization: 1. Globalization and inequality Lius Bertola and Jeffrey Williamson
2. Foreign capital flows Alan M. Taylor
3. The external context Marcelo de Paiva Abreu
4. Globalization and the new economic model Victor Bulmer-Thomas
Part II. Onset of Modernization: 5. The institutional framework Alan Dye
6. Fiscal and monetary regimes Roberto Cortés Conde
7. Export-led industrialization Richard Salvucci
8. The development of infrastructure William Summerhill
Part III. Factor Endowments: 9. Economic growth and environmental change Otta Solbrig
10. Labor and immigration Blanca Sanchez
11. Education and social progress Fernando Reimers
Part IV. Sectoral Development and Equity: 12. Structure, performance, and policy in agriculture Otto Solbrig
13. The political economy of industrialization Stephen Haber
14. Poverty and inequality Miguel Szekely and Andres Montes.

Subject Areas: Economic history [KCZ], Postwar 20th century history, from c 1945 to c 2000 [HBLW3], General & world history [HBG]