Chimneys in the desert : industrialization in Argentina during the export boom years, 1870-1930
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Chimneys in the desert : industrialization in Argentina during the export boom years, 1870-1930
（Social science history）
Stanford University Press, 2006
- : cloth
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 343-383) and index
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This book offers new topics and 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 single-mindedly characterized as a case of a successful export economy. Taking an original approach, the book cross-examines traditional economic issues such as production and finances, and new cultural patterns, such as consumption, the role of women, paternalism, and ideology.
The first years of Argentina's industrialization, from the 1870s to the 1920s, coincided with a time of great innovation, a brisk turn from tradition, and quick modernization. This book shows that industry not only helped Argentina's economy along, but spearheaded its modernization. It challenges the long-lasting "canonical version" that industry was a victim of a capital market and a state extremely hostile to manufacturing. Access to financing for industrial endeavors was much easier than previously thought, while the state supported industry through tariffs.
Table of Contents
@fmct:Contents @toc4:List of Figures iii List of Tables iii Acknowledgments iii Abbreviations iii @toc2:Introduction: Industrialization in an Agrarian Economy 000 1. The First Factories: The Dawn of Argentine Industry, 1870s1890s 000 2. The Market as an Object of Desire: The Rise of Domestic Industrial Consumption 000 3. The Victory of Big Business: Industrial Growth in the First Decades of the Twentieth Century 000 4. Only One Argentina: The Creation of a National Market for Manufactured Goods 000 5. Tension and Harmony in the Industrial Family: Entrepreneurs and Workers in Argentina's Factories 000 6. Money and Factories: The Myths and Realities of Industrial Financing 000 7. The Empire of Pragmatism: Politics and Industry in the Period 18801930 000 A Midway Industrialization: Concluding Remarks 000 @toc4:Appendices 000 Notes 000 Bibliography 000 Index 000
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