The First Export Era Revisited Reassessing its Contribution to Latin American Economies /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Kuntz-Ficker, Sandra (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2017.
• Series: Palgrave Studies in Economic History
• Subjects: Latin America > Politics and government.; Economic history.; Development economics.; Economics.; Economic History.; Latin American History.; Latin American Politics.; Latin American and Caribbean Economics.; Development Economics.

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 ra...

Table of Contents:

• 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).