Chimneys in the desert : industrialization in Argentina during the export boom years, 1870-1930 /
"This book offers new perspectives on the economic history of Argentina before the 1930 Depression. It focuses on the evolution of early industrialization in a country primarily associated with cattle ranching and agriculture, and routinely characterized as an example of a successful export eco...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Stanford, Calif. :
Stanford University Press,
2006.
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| Series: | Social science history.
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| Online Access: | CONNECT |
Table of Contents:
- Introduction : Industrialization in an agrarian economy
- The first factories : the dawn of Argentine industry, 1870s-1890s
- The market as an object of desire : the rise of domestic industrial consumption
- The victory of big business : industrial growth in the first decades of the twentieth century
- Only one Argentina: the creation of a national market for manufactured goods
- Tension and harmony in the industrial family : entrepreneurs and workers in argentina's factories
- Money and factories : the myths and realities of industrial financing
- The empire of pragmatism : politics and industry in the period 1880-1930.
