{"product_id":"republic-of-capital-9780804746823","title":"Republic of Capital","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis is a political history of economic life. Through a description of the convulsions of long-term change from colony to republic in Buenos Aires, the volume explores Atlantic world transformations in the 18th and 19th centuries.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"The impressive explanations of liberalism, commercial realism, and how a new commercial code was enacted provide new insights into Argentine economic and political history. Adelman has provided a model by which to study philosophical and material backgrounds to other such codes enacted in the nineteenth century.\" -- \u003ci\u003eThe Historian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"This ambitious work considers an often overlooked issue in the historiography of Latin America: how new and unstable states undertook to create and protect property rights. . . . This is an excellent work that will be of immense value not only to scholars of Argentine history, but to anyone who is interested in the history of ideas or the impact of laws and political institutions on economic change.\" -- \u003ci\u003eLatin American Studies\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"This is an excellent work that will be of immense value not only to scholars of Argentine history, but also to anyone who is interested in the history of ideas or the impact of laws and political institutions on economic change.\" -- \u003ci\u003eLatin American Studies\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"This is an ambitious work that approaches from a new and original vantage point an unusually vast historical landscape. It is a first-rate contribution that brings significant enrichment to the field, and should exert an important influence on its future development.\" -- Tulio Halperin-Donghi, University of California * Berkeley *\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eRepublic of Capital\u003c\/i\u003e is an engaging, well-researched, and important contribution to our understanding of the political, intellectual, and legal changes that occurred in the Buenos Aires region from the late eighteenth century through the mid-nineteenth century, with a brief afterword on twentieth-century developments.\" -- \u003ci\u003eCanadian Journal of History\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"This book by Jeremy Adelman takes us on a marvelous journey from late colonialism through decolonization.\" -- \u003ci\u003eAmerican Historical Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"The combination of Adelman's persuasive argumentation and analysis makes this work an exceptional contribution to our understanding of nation building.\" -- \u003ci\u003eJournal of Interdisciplinary History\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eContents  \t  \t\t1  \t\t  \t  \t  \t\tSECTION I:  \t\t  \t\t  \t\t\t2  \t\t\t  \t\t  \t\t  \t\t\t3  \t\t\t  \t\t  \t\t  \t\t\t4  \t\t\t  \t\t  \t  \t  \t\tSECTION II:  \t\t  \t\t  \t\t\t5  \t\t\t  \t\t  \t\t  \t\t\t6  \t\t\t  \t\t  \t\t  \t\t\t7  \t\t\t  \t\t  \t  \t  \t\tSECTION III:  \t\t  \t\t  \t\t\t8  \t\t\t  \t\t  \t\t  \t\t\t9  \t\t\t  \t\t  \t\t  \t\t\t10  \t\t\t  \t\t  \t\t  \t\t\t11","brand":"Stanford University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49405553836375,"sku":"9780804746823","price":26.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780804746823.jpg?v=1730492811","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/republic-of-capital-9780804746823","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}