Uses a uniform set of parameters in order to assess the economic contribution of exports to Latin American economies during the period in which they followed an export-led pattern of growth
Presents new evidence that allows testing of the claims that conventional wisdom has made about Latin America during the export era
Provide tools to inductively build a new interpretive synthesis for Latin America

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: 18751929.- Chapter 3: The Bolivian Export Sector: 18701950.- Chapter 4: The Brazilian Export Economy: 18221913.- Chapter 5: The Impact of Nitrates on the Chilean Economy: 18801930.- Chapter 6: Exports and Economic Development in Colombia A Regional Perspective: 18301929.- Chapter 7: Mexico in the Export Era Export Boom, Economic Modernization, and Industrialization: 1870s1929.- Chapter 8: Exports and Their Impact on the Economy The Case of Peru: 18301930.- Chapter 9: Latin America's First Export Era: A Preliminary Balance (Towards a New Synthesis).