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PublisherUniversity of Texas Press
ISBN-100292781539
ISBN-139780292781535
eBay Product ID (ePID)1085019
Product Key Features
Number of Pages281 Pages
Publication NameSecond Conquest of Latin America : Coffee, Henequen, and Oil During the Export Boom, 1850-1930
LanguageEnglish
SubjectInvestments & Securities / Commodities / General, Commerce, World / Caribbean & Latin American, Latin America / General, Petroleum
Publication Year1998
TypeTextbook
Subject AreaPolitical Science, Technology & Engineering, Business & Economics, History
AuthorAllen Wells
SeriesLlilas Critical Reflections on Latin America Ser.
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.8 in
Item Weight14.1 Oz
Item Length9 in
Item Width5.9 in
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Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional
LCCN97-032607
ReviewsSecond Conquest is well written, thoroughly documented, and attractively put together...It offers at once a useful general introduction to Latin America's late-nineteenth-century export boom and a starting point for a more detailed study of any of the specific commodities treated., Second Conquestis well written, thoroughly documented, and attractively put together...It offers at once a useful general introduction to Latin America's late-nineteenth-century export boom and a starting point for a more detailed study of any of the specific commodities treated.
TitleLeadingThe
Dewey Edition21
IllustratedYes
Dewey Decimal382/.6/098
Table Of ContentPreface 1. Introduction: Latin America's Response to International Markets during the Export Boom (Steven C. Topik and Allen Wells) 2. Coffee (Steven C. Topik) 3. Henequen (Allen Wells) 4. Oil (Jonathan C. Brown and Peter S. Linder) 5. An Alternative Approach (Mira Wilkins) 6. Retrospect and Prospect: The Dance of the Commodities (Steven C. Topik and Allen Wells) Epilogue (Steven C. Topik and Allen Wells) Bibliography Contributors Index
SynopsisBetween 1850 and 1930, Latin America's integration into the world economy through the export of raw materials transformed the region. This encounter was nearly as dramatic as the conquistadors' epic confrontation with Native American civilizations centuries before. An emphasis on foreign markets and capital replaced protectionism and self-sufficiency as the hemisphere's guiding principles. In many ways, the means employed during this period to tie Latin America more closely to western Europe and North America resemble strategies currently in vogue. Much can be learned from analyzing the first time that Latin Americans embraced export-led growth. This book focuses on the impact of three key export commodities: coffee, henequen, and petroleum. The authors concentrate on these rather than on national economies because they illustrate more concretely the interaction between the environment, natural and human resources, and the world economy. By analyzing how different products spun complex webs of relationships with their respective markets, the essays in this book illuminate the tensions and contradictions found in the often conflictive relationship between the local and the global, between agency and the not-so-invisible hand. Ultimately, the contributors argue that the results of the "second conquest" were not one-sided as Latin Americans and foreigners together forged a new economic order--one riddled with contradictions that Latin America is still attempting to resolve today.
LC Classification NumberHD9199.L382S4 1998
