The First Export Era Revisited

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xviii

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2. Latin America’s First Export Era: Reassessing Its Economic Contribution

   • Sandra Kuntz-Ficker

   Pages 1-35

3. The Contribution of Argentine Exports to the Economy, 1875–1929

   • Sandra Kuntz-Ficker, Agustina Rayes

   Pages 37-72

4. The Bolivian Export Sector (1870–1950)

   • Jose Alejandro Peres-Cajías, Anna Carreras-Marín

   Pages 73-110

5. The Brazilian Export Economy, 1822–1913

   • Christopher David Absell, Antonio Tena-Junguito

   Pages 111-150

6. The Impact of Nitrates on the Chilean Economy, 1880–1930

   • Marc Badia-Miró, José Díaz-Bahamonde

   Pages 151-188

7. Exports and Economic Development in Colombia: A Regional Perspective, 1830–1929

   • José Antonio Ocampo, Santiago Colmenares Guerra

   Pages 189-231

8. Mexico in the Export Era (1870s–1929): Export Boom, Economic Modernization, and Industrialization

   • Sandra Kuntz-Ficker

   Pages 233-276

9. Exports and Their Impact on the Economy. The Case of Peru, 1830–1930

   • Luis Felipe Zegarra

   Pages 277-312

10. Latin America’s First Export Era: A Preliminary Balance (Toward a New Synthesis)

    • Sandra Kuntz-Ficker

    Pages 313-336

11. Back Matter

    Pages 337-348

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This book challenges the wide-ranging generalizations that dominate the literature on the impact of export-led growth upon Latin America during the first export era. The contributors to this volume contest conventional approaches, stemming from structuralism and dependency theory, which portray a rather negative view of the impact of nineteenth-century globalization upon Latin America. It has been considered that, as a result of the role of Latin American countries as providers of raw materials produced in enclaves dominated by foreign capital, their participation in the world economy has had adverse consequences for their long-term development. This volume addresses a representative sample of countries with varied initial conditions and resource endowments, a diverse productive specialization, as well as different degrees of integration to the world economy. This allows a direct comparison among the different experiences within the region, which in turn enables a more nuanced understanding of the contribution of exports to economic growth and economic modernization. Seven national case studies are presented – Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Chile, Peru, Mexico and Bolivia – which offer an insight into the successes of a region traditionally viewed as disadvantaged by globalization and export-led growth.

Winner of the Vicens Vives prize for the best economic history book granted by the Spanish Economic History Association.

• Economic Development
• Macroeconomics
• Bolivian economy
• Brazilian economy
• Colombian economy
• Argentinian economy
• Chilean economy
• Peruvian economy
• Mexican economy
• Uruguayan economy
• Settler economy
• Economic integration
• Economic growth
• First export era
• Latin American economies
• Latin America’s economic contribution
• latin american politics

• El Colegio de México, Mexico City, Mexico

  Sandra Kuntz-Ficker

Sandra Kuntz-Ficker is Professor of Economic History at El Colegio de México, Mexico. She has taught at the University of Texas at Austin and Stanford, USA. She is a member of the Mexican Academy of Science (AMC) and  the Executive Committee of the International Economic History Association (IEHA). She specializes in the economic history of Mexico and Latin America from the nineteenth- through to the mid-twentieth century.

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