Seventeen. Modernization and Industrialization
- Thomas H. Holloway Professor of History President Executive Secretary of CLAH
Published Online: 21 MAR 2011
DOI: 10.1002/9781444391633.ch17
Copyright © 2011 Blackwell Publishing Ltd
Book Title
A Companion to Latin American History
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How to Cite
Lewis, C. M. (2010) Modernization and Industrialization, in A Companion to Latin American History (ed T. H. Holloway), Wiley-Blackwell, Oxford, UK. doi: 10.1002/9781444391633.ch17
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University of California at Davis, USA
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- Published Online: 21 MAR 2011
- Published Print: 29 NOV 2010
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Print ISBN: 9781405131612
Online ISBN: 9781444391633
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Keywords:
- modernization and industrialization;
- debate about growth and industrialization - has long exercised historians of Latin America;
- economic and political forces, market formation in Latin America - 1870–1930 period of global engagement;
- modernization, combination of market and state initiatives - transfer of part of export surplus in non-export activities;
- collapse of guano boom and loss of nitrate territories to Chile - Peruvian export earnings, generated by shifting basket of commodities;
- physical incorporation of new land - application of liberal theories to land legislation;
- land privatization, connected with marketization of labor;
- foreign capital markets, responsible for financing basic infrastructure;
- modernization, urbanization and industrial growth
Summary
This chapter contains sections titled:
Introduction
The World Economy and Latin America: c.1870 and beyond
Commodities, Finance, and Migration: Making Markets
Land
Labor
Capital
Modernization, Urbanization, and Industrial Growth
Conclusion
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