Latin America, Economic Imperialism and the State : The Political Economy of the External Connection from Independence to the Present.

Cover -- Half-title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of Tables -- List of Maps -- Notes on Contributors -- Acknowledgements -- 1 General Introduction -- Section I: The Debate -- 2 Dependency and the historian: further objections -- 3 Dependency revisited -- 4 The hegemonic form of the political: a thesis -- Section II: The Aftermath of Independence -- 5 Introduction -- 6 The transition from colonialism in Colombia, 1819-1875 -- 7 Protectionism and industrialization in Mexico, 1821-1854: the case of Puebla -- 8 Economic policy and growth in Chile from independence to the War of the Pacific -- Section III: The Classical Age of Imperialism -- 9 Introduction -- 10 The state and business practice in Argentina, 1862-1914 -- 11 Railways and industrialization: Argentina and Brazil, 1870-1929 -- 12 External forces and the transformation of Peruvian coastal agriculture, 1880-1930 -- 13 British imperialism in Uruguay: the public utility companies and the batllista state, 1900-1930 -- Section IV: The Era of Disputed Hegemony -- 14 Introduction -- 15 The political economy of revolutionary Mexico, 1900-1940 -- 16 External disequilibrium and internal industrialization: Chile, 1914-1935 -- 17 Politics and the economy of the Dominican Republic, 1890-1930 -- 18 Dependency, historiography and objections to the Roca Pact -- 19 Anglo-Brazilian economic relations and the consolidation of American pre-eminence in Brazil, 1930-1945 -- Section V: The New Order -- 20 Introduction -- 21 The US, the Cold War and Perón -- 22 Latin America and the new international division of labour -- a critique of some recent views -- 23 State, multinationals and the working class in Brazil and Mexico -- 24 Foreign finance and capital accumulation in Latin America: a critical approach -- 25 A reappraisal of the role of primary exports in Latin America.

26 Transnational corporations, comparative advantage and food security in Latin America -- 27 Bibliography -- 28 Index.

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