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How Latin America Fell Behind: Essays on the Economic Histories of Brazil and Mexico
Haber
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Paperback. In 1800, the per capita income of the United States was twice that of Mexico and roughly the same as Brazil s. By 1913, it was four times greater than Mexico s and seven times greater than Brazil's. This volume seeks to explain the 19th-century lag in Latin American economic development. Editor(s): Haber, Stephen H. Num Pages: 332 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLC; 1KLS; 3JH; 3JJ; KCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 458.
In 1800, the per capita income of the United States was twice that of Mexico and roughly the same as Brazil's. By 1913, it was four times greater than Mexico's and seven times greater than Brazil's. This volume seeks to explain the nineteenth-century lag in Latin American economic development.The essays break with longstanding dependency traditions in Latin American historiography that focus on foreign influences to explain Latin American underdevelopment. Instead, they apply the approaches and methods of the New Economic History-which encompasses a wide arsenal of analytic tools and quantitative techniques informed by neo-classical economic theory-arguing that the causes for ... Read more
In 1800, the per capita income of the United States was twice that of Mexico and roughly the same as Brazil's. By 1913, it was four times greater than Mexico's and seven times greater than Brazil's. This volume seeks to explain the nineteenth-century lag in Latin American economic development.The essays break with longstanding dependency traditions in Latin American historiography that focus on foreign influences to explain Latin American underdevelopment. Instead, they apply the approaches and methods of the New Economic History-which encompasses a wide arsenal of analytic tools and quantitative techniques informed by neo-classical economic theory-arguing that the causes for ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Stanford University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Condition
New
Weight
458g
Number of Pages
334
Place of Publication
Palo Alto, United States
ISBN
9780804727389
SKU
V9780804727389
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About Haber
Stephen Haber is Professor of History and Associate Dean for the Social Sciences at Stanford University. He is the author of Industry and Underdevelopment: The Industrialization of Mexico, 1890-1940 (Stanford, 1989).
Reviews for How Latin America Fell Behind: Essays on the Economic Histories of Brazil and Mexico
This outstanding book is a major event in the modernization of Latin American economic history, the first anthology of the work of leading 'new economic historians' of Latin America. -John H. Coatsworth, Harvard University