The First Export Era Revisited

This book challenges the wide-ranging generalizations that dominate the literature on the impact of export-led growth upon Latin America during the first export era. The contributors to this volume contest conventional approaches, stemming from structuralism and dependency theory, which portray a rather negative view of the impact of nineteenth-century globalization upon Latin America. It has been considered that, as a result of the role of Latin American countries as providers of raw materials produced in enclaves dominated by foreign capital, their participation in the world economy has had adverse consequences for their long-term development. This volume addresses a representative sample of countries with varied initial conditions and resource endowments, a diverse productive specialization, as well as different degrees of integration to the world economy. This allows a direct comparison among the different experiences within the region, which in turn enables a more nuanced understanding of the contribution of exports to economic growth and economic modernization. Eight national case studies are presented - Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Chile, Peru, Mexico, Bolivia and Uruguay - which offer an insight into the successes of a region traditionally viewed as disadvantaged by globalization and export-led growth.

Autorentext

Sandra Kuntz-Ficker is Professor of Economic History at El Colegio de México, Mexico. She has taught at the University of Texas at Austin and Stanford, USA. She is a member of the Mexican Academy of Science (AMC) and the Executive Committee of the International Economic History Association (IEHA). She specializes in the economic history of Mexico and Latin America from the nineteenth- through to the mid-twentieth century.

Inhalt

Chapter 1: Latin America's First Export Era: Reassessing its Economic Contribution.- Chapter 2: The Contribution of Argentine Exports to the Economy: 1875-1929.- Chapter 3: The Bolivian Export Sector: 1870-1950.- Chapter 4: The Brazilian Export Economy: 1822-1913.- Chapter 5: The Impact of Nitrates on the Chilean Economy: 1880-1930.- Chapter 6: Exports and Economic Development in Colombia - A Regional Perspective: 1830-1929.- Chapter 7: Mexico in the Export Era - Export Boom, Economic Modernization, and Industrialization: 1870s-1929.- Chapter 8: Exports and Their Impact on the Economy - The Case of Peru: 1830-1930.- Chapter 9: Latin America's First Export Era: A Preliminary Balance (Towards a New Synthesis).