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Book Synopsis
How Latin America's exporting of three major commodities changed the region.

Trade Review
Second Conquest is well written, thoroughly documented, and attractively put together...It offers at once a useful general introduction to Latin America’s late-nineteenth-century export boom and a starting point for a more detailed study of any of the specific commodities treated. * Hispanic American Historical Review *

Table of Contents
  • Preface
  • 1. Introduction: Latin America’s Response to International Markets during the Export Boom (Steven C. Topik and Allen Wells)
  • 2. Coffee (Steven C. Topik)
  • 3. Henequen (Allen Wells)
  • 4. Oil (Jonathan C. Brown and Peter S. Linder)
  • 5. An Alternative Approach (Mira Wilkins)
  • 6. Retrospect and Prospect: The Dance of the Commodities (Steven C. Topik and Allen Wells)
  • Epilogue (Steven C. Topik and Allen Wells)
  • Bibliography
  • Contributors
  • Index

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      Publisher: University of Texas Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 01/01/1998
      ISBN13: 9780292781535, 978-0292781535
      ISBN10: 0292781539

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      How Latin America's exporting of three major commodities changed the region.

      Trade Review
      Second Conquest is well written, thoroughly documented, and attractively put together...It offers at once a useful general introduction to Latin America’s late-nineteenth-century export boom and a starting point for a more detailed study of any of the specific commodities treated. * Hispanic American Historical Review *

      Table of Contents
      • Preface
      • 1. Introduction: Latin America’s Response to International Markets during the Export Boom (Steven C. Topik and Allen Wells)
      • 2. Coffee (Steven C. Topik)
      • 3. Henequen (Allen Wells)
      • 4. Oil (Jonathan C. Brown and Peter S. Linder)
      • 5. An Alternative Approach (Mira Wilkins)
      • 6. Retrospect and Prospect: The Dance of the Commodities (Steven C. Topik and Allen Wells)
      • Epilogue (Steven C. Topik and Allen Wells)
      • Bibliography
      • Contributors
      • Index

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