Latin America in the 1930s - (St Antony's) by Rosemary Thorp (Hardcover)

Book Synopsis

This is the new edition of the highly acclaimed Latin America in the 1930s, a text which has proved invaluable for teachers, researchers and students alike. The second edition has been revised and updated, including a new preface and updated statistical material, to form the second volume in An Economic History of Twentieth-Century Latin America . This book confronts the puzzle of Latin America's rapid recovery from the collapse in world markets and capital flows in the late 1920s. It shows how far the safety valves which made recovery possible in the 1930s were not available fifty years later. It documents the impact of crisis on the changing role of the state and on institutional development. The Central American case studies have been updated with significantly improved data.

Review Quotes

."..this large collaborative effort will prove worthwhile to a very wide audience."--Gail Triner, " Latin American Research Review"
."..extremely well-written, relatively comprehensive, and analytically challenging...researchers will find them immensely important." --"Choice"
"Their publication is a landmark event...an indispensable reference..."-"-EH.NET"
."..a useful and concise source of background information on the economic histories of specific countries...""--Enterprise & Society, " Gail D. Triner


.,."this large collaborative effort will prove worthwhile to a very wide audience."--Gail Triner," Latin American Research Review"
.,."extremely well-written, relatively comprehensive, and analytically challenging...researchers will find them immensely important." --"Choice"
"Their publication is a landmark event...an indispensable reference..."-"-EH.NET"
.,."a useful and concise source of background information on the economic histories of specific countries...""--Enterprise & Society," Gail D. Triner


., ."this large collaborative effort will prove worthwhile to a very wide audience."--Gail Triner," Latin American Research Review"
., ."extremely well-written, relatively comprehensive, and analytically challenging...researchers will find them immensely important." --"Choice"
"Their publication is a landmark event...an indispensable reference..."-"-EH.NET"
., ."a useful and concise source of background information on the economic histories of specific countries...""--Enterprise & Society," Gail D. Triner


..."this large collaborative effort will prove worthwhile to a very wide audience."--Gail Triner," Latin American Research Review"
..."extremely well-written, relatively comprehensive, and analytically challenging...researchers will find them immensely important." --"Choice"
"Their publication is a landmark event...an indispensable reference..."-"-EH.NET"
..."a useful and concise source of background information on the economic histories of specific countries...""--Enterprise & Society," Gail D. Triner

About the Author

ROSEMARY THORP is Reader in the Economics of Latin America at the University of Oxford, Director of the Latin American Centre and a Fellow of St Antony's College and the Chair of Oxfam. Recent publications include Progress, Poverty and Exclusion: An Economic History of Latin America in the Twentieth Century.