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The Rise of Capitalism on the Pampas: The Estancias of Buenos Aires, 1785–1870: Cambridge Latin American Studies, cartea 83

Autor Samuel Amaral
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 21 aug 2002
In the early decades of the nineteenth century, Buenos Aires underwent rapid economic growth, only dwarfed by the even greater prosperity that occurred there at the end of the century. Previous studies have focused on the economy as a whole, or on a particular segment of the population; and most have disregarded how resources were intentionally organized to enable growth. This book focuses on the estancia - livestock firms, the economic organizations that led the growth process. The internal structure, production conditions, and economic impact of the estancia are the central issues which Amaral considers. Economic growth and increased freedom were not inevitable on the pampas, but rather the consequences of human actions, both deliberate and unintentional, in the search for an elusive profit. Why freedom, not privilege, prevailed is the key question underlying this study.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780521523110
ISBN-10: 0521523117
Pagini: 384
Ilustrații: 54 b/w illus. 11 maps 67 tables
Dimensiuni: 152 x 229 x 22 mm
Greutate: 0.59 kg
Ediția:Revised
Editura: Cambridge University Press
Colecția Cambridge University Press
Seria Cambridge Latin American Studies

Locul publicării:New York, United States

Cuprins

Preface; 1. Introduction; Part I. Estancia: 2. The organization of production; 3. Capital structure, 1820–50; 4. Model and reality; Part II. Conditions of Production: 5. Reproduction and density; 6. Environment; 7. Institutions; Part III. Human Action: 8. Labour; 9. Management and entrepreneurship; Part IV. Results: 10. Profit; 11. Prices and marketing; 12. Markets; 13. Conclusion; Appendices: A. Profit rate; B. Probate inventories; C. Prices, exchange rates, and trade statistics.

Recenzii

'Samuel Amaral is outstanding … he homes in unerringly on the essentials, treating the estancia as an exercise in economic organisation. He gives meticulous accounts and precise measurements of the internal structure, operations and economic aims of estancias, and places then firmly in their political and economic context. He argues that their expansion was due not only to well-known external factors - the growing demand for hides, for example - but also to human analysis and willpower. In one of the most striking and original chapters, finely documented, he shows that management and entrepreneurship, including skills in pricing land, cattle, labour and supplies, were vital in securing good returns from investments. Under Samuel Amaral's guidance we can follow the signposts in the pampas, from peons to profits.' The Times Literary Supplement

Descriere

Amaral focuses on the estancia, livestock firms, that led the economic growth of Buenos Aires in the early 1800s.