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Between Silver and Guano: Commercial Policy and the State in Postindependence Peru
Paul Eliot Gootenberg
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Description for Between Silver and Guano: Commercial Policy and the State in Postindependence Peru
Paperback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 246 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLSR; KCLT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 159 x 274 x 22. Weight in Grams: 384.
This study of Peru's transformation from a tottering colonial economy based on extraction of precious bullion to a massive exporter of bulk goods like guano shows how a struggle between protectionists and free traders shaped the state. "This is an elegant and sophisticated book that can be read on many levels, written by an author who never takes the facile road. [Its] significance is great--not just for Peruvian history but for theoretical questions relating to dependency and economic history in nineteenth-century Latin America...Gootenberg has added a major new element to the dependency debate, one that is more intellectually satisfying than ... Read more
This study of Peru's transformation from a tottering colonial economy based on extraction of precious bullion to a massive exporter of bulk goods like guano shows how a struggle between protectionists and free traders shaped the state. "This is an elegant and sophisticated book that can be read on many levels, written by an author who never takes the facile road. [Its] significance is great--not just for Peruvian history but for theoretical questions relating to dependency and economic history in nineteenth-century Latin America...Gootenberg has added a major new element to the dependency debate, one that is more intellectually satisfying than ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
246
Condition
New
Series
Princeton Legacy Library
Number of Pages
246
Place of Publication
New Jersey, United States
ISBN
9780691607856
SKU
V9780691607856
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