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The Rise of Capitalism on the Pampas: The Estancias of Buenos Aires, 1785-1870

By Samuel Amaral

Book information

Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Year
2002
ISBN
0521523117, 9780521523110
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
33 MB (34335135 bytes)
Series
Cambridge Latin American Studies
Pages
384\379
Topic
History
Time added
2011-06-04 13:46:07

Description

In the early decades of the nineteenth century, Buenos Aires underwent rapid economic growth. Previous studies have focused on the economy as a whole, or on a particular segment of the population; and most have disregarded how resources were intentionally organized to enable growth. This book focuses on the economic organizations that led the growth process--the estancias. Economic growth and increased freedom were not inevitable on the pampas, but rather the consequences of human actions in the search for profit. Why freedom, not privilege, prevailed is the key question underlying this study.

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