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Book SynopsisThe contributors to this collection examine the lasting impact of the Great Depression on Latin America in terms of its effects on the role of the state, political-party competition, and the formation of working-class and other social and political movements.
Trade Review“[A]n excellent collection of essays by an accomplished group of Latin American, US, and UK scholars. Breaking new ground in its treatment of the Great Depression's impact on Latin America, in nine country-focused chapters, contributors examine issues illuminating the impact of the Depression on the six largest economies (Argentina, Brazil, Peru, Colombia, Venezuela, and Mexico) as well as Chile, Cuba, and Central America. . . . In sum, the collection provides a wealth of detail and undermines the idea that there was a single set of responses to the Great Depression or a uniform impact across countries and regions. Highly recommended. Upper-division undergraduates and above.” -- J. Gerber * Choice *
“The Great Depression, it would seem, remains an essential source of the debates that we are still having about the role of the state in the economy and monetarism. This book, therefore, is of real value to students and teachers of Latin American history. The collection offers a full picture of the impact and consequences of the Depression across much of the region, with chapters focusing on individual countries, from Mexico to Argentina.” -- Eugene Carey * Latin American Review of Books *
"The excellent book, again, does not concertedly recast the decade into a new overarching interpretation; rather, it successfully diversifies and deepens the 1930s beyond its fairly well-known economic determinants and dimensions. This book will prove highly useful to specialists and other readers looking for a broad updated background on Latin America’s active engagement with the 1930s crisis." -- Paul Gootenberg * Journal of Latin American Studies *
"Drinot, Knight, and their contributors have produced an impressive volume. Not only is it of interest to economists and scholars of economic shocks from every discipline, but those with an interest in—or responsibility for policy toward—Latin America will find it a rich source of insights." -- David S. C. Chu * Journal of Economic Literature *
"[T]he book succeeds in grounding the Great Depression in broader political, social, economic, and cultural processes, dismissing easy generalizations and revealing similarities and differences among Latin American countries.... [T]his book is a significant addition that will be of interest to scholars and general public alike on a topic whose contemporary relevance, once again, has been highlighted by the recent global economic crisis." -- Jorge A. Nállim * Labour/Le Travail *
"With
The Great Depression in Latin America, Paulo Drinot and Alan Knight provide students and teachers of Latin American history with a valuable survey of a pivotal period. . . . [T]his volume does an admirable job of representing the diversity of experience that was Latin American in the 1920s and 1930s." -- Julia Sloan * History Teacher *
"Here are new histories of political economy which give rich contrasts and comparisons for those studying fascism, communism and corporatism in Europe and North America." -- William Booth * History *
Table of ContentsAcknowledgments vii Introduction / Paulo Drinot 1 1. The Impact of the Depression on Argentine Society / Roy Horn 22 2. Chilean Workers and the Great Depression, 1930-1938 / Angela Vergara 51 3. Change with Continuity: Brazil from 1930 to 1945 / Joel Wolfe 81 4. The Great Depression in Peru / Paulo Drinot and Carlos Contreras 102 5. Export Protectionism and the Great Depression: Multinational Corporations, Domestic Elite, and Export Policies in Colombia / Marcelo Bucheli and Luis Felipe Saenz 129 6. Political Transition in an Age of Extremes: Venezuela in the 1930s / Doug Yarrington 160 7. Indigenista Dictators and the Problematic Origins of Democracy in Central America / Jeffrey L. Gould 188 8. The Character and Consequences of the Great Depression in Mexico / Alan Knight 213 9. Cuba: Depression, Imperialism, and Revolution, 1920-1940 / Gillian McGillivray 246 10. The Great Depression in Latin America: An Overview / Alan Knight 276 Contributors 341 Index 345
