Britain and Latin America in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries
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Britain and Latin America in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries
（Studies in modern history）
Longman, 1993
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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ISBN 9780582218772
Description
These books, under the General Editorship of two of Britain's most distinguished scholars, John Morrill and David Cannadine, are intended primarily for students and academics. They tackle a wide range of significant historical issues in modern British, European and international history in concise volumes which combine a broad approach (setting out the current state of our knowledge in the area) with the author's own original research and judgements. This is the first full-length survey of Britain's role in Latin America as a whole from the early 1800's, the era of independence, to the 1950's, when the United States inherited Britain's economic hegemony in the region. The main body of the text gives a detailed analysis of Britain's relationship, politically and economically, with the newly independent states. It surveys the entire continent, but gives most attention throughout to the particular cases of Argentina, Brazil and Chile. It examines the aims and attitudes of British officials, merchants and investors through to the first World War, and explores the gradual decline in the British role thereafter.
Table of Contents
- Part 1 Introduction: the growth and decline of British interests
- the evolution of Latin America
- questions and controversies
- themes of the book. Part 2 The origins of British interest in Latin America - the colonial and independence eras: British trade and the Spanish empire before independence
- England and the Portuguese empire in the 18th century
- the independence period (1806-1825). Part 3 The British government and Latin America from independence to 1914: the 50 fifty years after independence
- the government and Latin America, 1870-1914. Part 4 Latin America and British business in the first half-century after independence: the trade
- the merchants
- Latin America and the British commercial presence
- British investment. Part 5 The merchants and trade, 1870-1914: the merchants
- the Latin American export trade
- the debate about British exports. Part 6 The investment boom and its consequences: the pattern of investment
- Latin American public debt
- company formation
- consequences and problems of investment. Part 7 Three perspectives on the links with Britain in the boom years - Argentina, Brazil and Chile. Part 8 The first World War and its aftermath: the first World War
- the postwar decade - the British viewpoint
- the postwar decade - the Latin American viewpoint
- Argentina, Brazil and the British connection in the 1920s. Part 9 The loss of British influence - the Great Depression and the Second World War: trade and investment in the 1930s
- Argentina, Brazil and Britain in the 1930s
- the Second World War
- the postwar years. Part 10 The relationship between Britain and Latin America in retrospect: the dynamics of the relationship
- questions of imperialism and dependency
- epilogue - Britain and Latin America since 1950.
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: pbk ISBN 9780582497214
Description
The first full-length survey of Britain's role in Latin America as a whole from the early 1800s to the 1950s, when influence in the region passed to the United States. Rory Miller examines the reasons for the rise and decline of British influence, and reappraises its impact on the Latin American states. Did it, as often claimed, circumscribe their political autonomy and inhibit their economic development? This sustained case study of imperialism and dependency will have an interest beyond Latin American specialists alone.
Table of Contents
- 1: Introduction
- 2: The Origins of British Interest in Latin America: the Colonial and Independence Eras
- 3: The British Government and Latin America from Independence to 1914
- 4: Latin America and British Business in the First Half-Century after Independence
- 5: The Merchants and Trade, 1870-1914
- 6: The Investment Boom and its Consequences, 1810-1914
- 7: Three Perspectives on the Links with Britain before 1914: Argentina, Brazil and Chile
- 8: The First World War and its Aftermath
- 9: The Loss of British Influence: the Great Depression and the Second World War
- 10: The Relationship between Britain and Latin America in Retrospect
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