Volume 2, The Long Twentieth CenturyEdited by Victor Bulmer-Thomas,Royal Institute of International AffairsJohn H. Coatsworth,Harvard University, MassachusettsRoberto Cortés-Conde,

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Volume Two treats the "long twentieth century" from the onset of modern economicgrowth to the present. After analyzing the principal dimensions of Latin America'sfirst era of sustained economic growth up to 1930, it explores the era of inward-looking development from the 1930s to the collapse of import-substitutingindustrialization and the return to strategies of globalization in the 1980s. Finally, itlooks at the long term trends in capital flows, agriculture and the environment.

Contents: Part I. Cycles of Globalization: 1. Globalization and inequality, Lius Bertola and Jeffrey Williamson; 2. Foreign capital flows, Alan M. Taylor; 3.The externalcontext, Marcelo de Paiva Abreu; 4. Globalization and the new economic model, Victor Bulmer-Thomas; Part II. Onset of Modernization: 5. The institutional frameworkAlan Dye; 6. Fiscal and monetary regimes, Roberto Cortés Conde; 7. Export-led industrialization, Richard Salvucci; 8. The development of infrastructure, WilliamSummerhill; Part III. Factor Endowments: 9. Economic growth and environmental change, Otta Solbrig; 10. Labor and immigration Blanca Sanchez; 11. Education andsocial progress, Fernando Reimers; Part IV. Sectoral Development and Equity: 12. Structure, performance, and policy in agriculture Otto Solbrig; 13. The political economyof industrialization, Stephen Haber; 14. Poverty and inequality, Miguel Szekely and Andres Montes.

Volume 1, The Colonial Era andthe Short Nineteenth CenturyEdited by Victor Bulmer-Thomas,Royal Institute of International AffairsJohn H. Coatsworth,Harvard University, MassachusettsRoberto Cortés-Conde,

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Volume One includes the colonial and independence eras up to 1850, linkingLatin America’s economic history to the pre-Hispanic, European, and Africanbackground. It also synthesizes knowledge on the human and environmental impactof the Spanish conquest, the evolution of colonial economic institutions, and theperformance of key sectors of the colonial and immediate post-colonial economies.Finally, it analyzes the costs and benefits of independence.

Contents: Part I. The Economic Background: 1. The global economic history of European expansion overseas, Patrick O’Brien; 2. African connections with Americancolonization, Patrick Manning; 3. The pre-Columbian economy, Rebecca Storey; Part II. Natural Resources and Factor Endowments: 4. Land use and the transformation ofthe environment, Eleanor Melville; 5. The demographic impact of colonization, Linda Newson; 6. Labor systems, John Monteiro; Part III. Economic Organization and theSectoral Performance: 7. Political economy and economic organization, John Coatsworth; 8. Agriculture and land tenure, Carlos Sempat Assadourian; 9. The miningindustry, Enrique Tandeter; 10. Pre-modern manufacturing, Aurura Gómez; 11. Commercial monopolies and external trade, Graciela Márquez; 12. Money, taxes, andfinance, Carlos Marichal; Part IV. The Economic Impact of Independence: 13. The economic consequences of independence, Leandro Prados de las Escosura.

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