Book Reviews By Geography (Latin America, incl. Mexico and the Caribbean)

Geographic Area: Latin America, incl. Mexico and the Caribbean

Mining and the State in Brazilian Development
Triner, Gail D.
Hartzmark, Amanda
Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Extractive Industries
Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance
19th Century
20th Century: Pre WWII
Latin America, incl. Mexico and the Caribbean
Mar 23, 2012
Economists in the Americas
Montecinos, Verónica
Markoff, John
Boianovsky, Mauro
History of Economic Thought; Methodology
20th Century: Pre WWII
20th Century: WWII and post-WWII
Latin America, incl. Mexico and the Caribbean
Jan 11, 2012
Trade and Poverty: When the Third World Fell Behind
Williamson, Jeffrey G.
Roy, Tirthankar
Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History
International and Domestic Trade and Relations
19th Century
20th Century: Pre WWII
General, International, or Comparative
Asia
Europe
Latin America, incl. Mexico and the Caribbean
Middle East
Jul 25, 2011
The Big Ditch: How America Took, Ran, and Ultimately Gave Away the Panama Canal
Maurer, Noel
Yu, Carlos
Arroyo Abad, Leticia
Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History
Historical Geography
Transport and Distribution, Energy, and Other Services
20th Century: Pre WWII
20th Century: WWII and post-WWII
Latin America, incl. Mexico and the Caribbean
North America
Jun 22, 2011
Living Standards in Latin American History: Height, Welfare, and Development, 1750-2000
Salvatore, Ricardo D.
Coatsworth, John H.
Challú, Amílcar E.
Salvucci, Richard
Economic Development, Growth, and Aggregate Productivity
Living Standards, Anthropometric History, Economic Anthropology
18th Century
19th Century
20th Century: Pre WWII
20th Century: WWII and post-WWII
Latin America, incl. Mexico and the Caribbean
Jun 6, 2011
The Determinants of Entrepreneurship: Leadership, Culture and Institutions
Garcia-Ruiz, José L.
Toninelli, Pier Angelo
Godley, Andrew
Business History
19th Century
20th Century: Pre WWII
20th Century: WWII and post-WWII
Europe
Latin America, incl. Mexico and the Caribbean
Feb 17, 2011
When Sugar Ruled: Economy and Society in Northwestern Argentina, Tucumán, 1876-1916
Juarez-Dappe, Patricia
Johnson, Lyman L.
Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Extractive Industries
Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History
19th Century
20th Century: Pre WWII
Latin America, incl. Mexico and the Caribbean
Oct 8, 2010
The Price of Emancipation: Slave-Ownership, Compensation and British Society at the End of Slavery
Draper, Nicholas
Anderson, Jennifer L.
Servitude and Slavery
19th Century
Europe
Latin America, incl. Mexico and the Caribbean
Oct 6, 2010
Industrial Development in a Frontier Economy: The Industrialization of Argentina, 1890-1930
Pineda, Yovanna
Rocchi, Fernando
Industry: Manufacturing and Construction
20th Century: Pre WWII
Latin America, incl. Mexico and the Caribbean
May 5, 2010
Experiments in Financial Democracy: Corporate Governance and Financial Development in Brazil, 1882-1950
Musacchio, Aldo
Hanley, Anne
Markets and Institutions
20th Century: Pre WWII
Latin America, incl. Mexico and the Caribbean
Mar 31, 2010
Politics, Markets, and Mexico’s “London Debt,” 1823–1887
Salvucci, Richard J.
Musacchio, Aldo
Military and War
19th Century
Latin America, incl. Mexico and the Caribbean
Jan 24, 2010
West Indian Slavery and British Abolition, 1783-1807
Ryden, David Beck
Walvin, James
Servitude and Slavery
19th Century
Latin America, incl. Mexico and the Caribbean
Jan 19, 2010
The Political Economy of Argentina in the Twentieth Century
Conde, Roberto Cortés C
Fritscher, André Martínez Fr
International and Domestic Trade and Relations
20th Century: WWII and post-WWII
Latin America, incl. Mexico and the Caribbean
Jul 2, 2009
Bankruptcy of Empire: Mexican Silver and the Wars between Spain, Britain and France, 1760-1810
Marichal, Carlos
Musacchio, Aldo
Military and War
19th Century
Latin America, incl. Mexico and the Caribbean
Apr 30, 2009
Building a Global Bank: The Transformation of Banco Santander
Guillen, Mauro F.
Tschoegl, Adrian
Santos, Joseph M.
Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History
20th Century: WWII and post-WWII
Latin America, incl. Mexico and the Caribbean
Jan 21, 2009
The Silver of the Sierra Madre: John Robinson, Boss Shepherd, and the People of the Canyons
Hart, John Mason
Beatty, Edward
Labor and Employment History
20th Century: Pre WWII
Latin America, incl. Mexico and the Caribbean
Jan 8, 2009
The Banana: Empires, Trade Wars, and Globalization
Wiley, James
Bucheli, Marcelo
Transport and Distribution, Energy, and Other Services
20th Century: WWII and post-WWII
Latin America, incl. Mexico and the Caribbean
Oct 1, 2008
Social Foundations of Limited Dictatorship: Networks and Private Protection during Mexico's Early Industrialization
Razo, Armando
Galvarriato, Aurora Gómez G
Markets and Institutions
20th Century: Pre WWII
Latin America, incl. Mexico and the Caribbean
Sep 29, 2008
Bananas and Business: The United Fruit Company in Colombia, 1899-2000
Bucheli, Marcelo
Dye, Alan
International and Domestic Trade and Relations
20th Century: WWII and post-WWII
Latin America, incl. Mexico and the Caribbean
Aug 19, 2008
The Decline of Latin American Economies: Growth, Institutions, and Crisis
Edwards, Sebastian
Esquivel, Gerardo
Márquez, Graciela
Salvucci, Richard J.
Markets and Institutions
20th Century: WWII and post-WWII
Latin America, incl. Mexico and the Caribbean
Jan 30, 2008
Slavery, Family and Gentry Capitalism in the British Atlantic: The World of the Lascelles, 1648-1834
Smith, S.D.
Burnard, Trevor
Servitude and Slavery
19th Century
Latin America, incl. Mexico and the Caribbean
Aug 6, 2007
The Cambridge Economic History of Latin America, Volume 2: The Long Twentieth Century
Bulmer-Thomas, Victor
Coatsworth, John
Cortes-Conde, Roberto
Fishlow, Albert
Markets and Institutions
20th Century: WWII and post-WWII
Latin America, incl. Mexico and the Caribbean
Apr 10, 2007
Natural Resources: Neither Curse nor Destiny
Lederman, Daniel
Maloney, William F.
Engerman, Stanley L.
Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History
20th Century: WWII and post-WWII
Latin America, incl. Mexico and the Caribbean
Feb 21, 2007
Poverty and Life Expectancy: The Jamaica Paradox
Riley, James C.
Lee, Chulhee
Living Standards, Anthropometric History, Economic Anthropology
20th Century: WWII and post-WWII
Latin America, incl. Mexico and the Caribbean
Jan 29, 2007
From Silver to Cocaine: Latin American Commodity Chains and the Building of the World Economy, 1500-2000
Topik, Steven
Carlos Marichal
Frank, Zephyr
Baskes, Jeremy
Markets and Institutions
20th Century: WWII and post-WWII
Latin America, incl. Mexico and the Caribbean
Jan 25, 2007
American Treasure and the Price Revolution in Spain, 1501-1650
Hamilton, Earl J.
Munro, John
International and Domestic Trade and Relations
17th Century
Latin America, incl. Mexico and the Caribbean
Jan 14, 2007
The Development of Mexico's Tourism Industry: Pyramids by Day, Martinis by Night
Berger, Dina
Crites, Byron
International and Domestic Trade and Relations
20th Century: Pre WWII
Latin America, incl. Mexico and the Caribbean
Dec 19, 2006
Sweet Negotiations: Sugar, Slavery, and Plantation Agriculture in Early Barbados
Menard, Russell R.
Eltis, David
Social and Cultural History, including Race, Ethnicity and Gender
17th Century
Latin America, incl. Mexico and the Caribbean
Nov 9, 2006
Dictating Development: How Europe Shaped the Global Periphery
Krieckhaus, Jonathan
Boko, Sylvain H.
Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History
20th Century: WWII and post-WWII
Latin America, incl. Mexico and the Caribbean
Oct 3, 2006
Chimneys in the Desert: Industrialization in Argentina during the Export Boom Years, 1870-1930
Rocchi, Fernando
Horowitz, Joel
Industry: Manufacturing and Construction
20th Century: Pre WWII
Latin America, incl. Mexico and the Caribbean
Jun 11, 2006
Caribbean Rum: A Social and Economic History
Smith, Frederick H.
Menard, Russell R.
R, Russell
Social and Cultural History, including Race, Ethnicity and Gender
20th Century: WWII and post-WWII
Latin America, incl. Mexico and the Caribbean
Jun 1, 2006
Slavery and the Economy of Sao Paolo, 1750-1850
Luna, Francisco Vidal
Klein, Herbert S.
Oakes, James
Servitude and Slavery
19th Century
Latin America, incl. Mexico and the Caribbean
May 2, 2006
Native Capital: Financial Institutions and Economic Development in São Paulo, Brazil, 1850-1920
Hanley, Anne G.
Triner, Gail D.
Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History
20th Century: Pre WWII
Latin America, incl. Mexico and the Caribbean
Mar 8, 2006
The Political Economy of Protection: Theory and the Chilean Experience
Lederman, Daniel
Irwin, Douglas A.
International and Domestic Trade and Relations
20th Century: WWII and post-WWII
Latin America, incl. Mexico and the Caribbean
Jan 27, 2006
Dutra's World: Wealth and Family in Nineteenth-Century Rio de Janeiro
Frank, Zephyr L.
Eakin, Marshall C.
Servitude and Slavery
19th Century
Latin America, incl. Mexico and the Caribbean
Dec 8, 2005
La economía argentina en la segunda mitad del siglo XX
Pablo, Juan Carlos de
Schuler, Kurt
Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History
20th Century: WWII and post-WWII
Latin America, incl. Mexico and the Caribbean
Nov 27, 2005
Order against Progress: Government, Foreign Investment, and Railroads in Brazil, 1854-1913
Summerhill, William
Fishlow, Albert
Transport and Distribution, Energy, and Other Services
20th Century: Pre WWII
Latin America, incl. Mexico and the Caribbean
Aug 2, 2005
Managing Mexico: Economists from Nationalism to Neoliberalism
Babb, Sarah
Ros, Jaime
History of Economic Thought; Methodology
20th Century: WWII and post-WWII
Latin America, incl. Mexico and the Caribbean
Jul 28, 2005
Enterprising Slaves and Master Pirates: Understanding Economic Life in the Bahamas
Storr, Virgil Henry
Wahl, Jenny B.
Servitude and Slavery
20th Century: WWII and post-WWII
Latin America, incl. Mexico and the Caribbean
Jul 10, 2005
Tools of Progress: A German Merchant Family in Mexico, 1865-Present
Buchenau, Jurgen
Francois, Marie
Business History
20th Century: WWII and post-WWII
Latin America, incl. Mexico and the Caribbean
Apr 14, 2005
Is Geography Destiny? Lessons from Latin America
Gallup, John Luke
Gaviria, Alejandro
Lora, Eduardo
Historical Geography
20th Century: WWII and post-WWII
Latin America, incl. Mexico and the Caribbean
Jan 12, 2005
Oil and Development in Venezuela during the 20th Century
Salazar-Carrillo, Jorge
West, Bernadette
Rubio, M. del Mar
Transport and Distribution, Energy, and Other Services
20th Century: WWII and post-WWII
Latin America, incl. Mexico and the Caribbean
Nov 17, 2004
Yankee Don't Go Home! Mexican Nationalism, American Business Culture, and the Shaping of Modern Mexico, 1920-1950
Moreno, Julio
Schell Jr., William
International and Domestic Trade and Relations
20th Century: WWII and post-WWII
Latin America, incl. Mexico and the Caribbean
Sep 6, 2004
A New Economic History of Argentina
della Paolera, Gerardo
Taylor, Alan M.
Rock, David
Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History
20th Century: WWII and post-WWII
Latin America, incl. Mexico and the Caribbean
Jul 21, 2004
The Politics of Property Rights: Political Instability, Credible Commitments, and Economic Growth in Mexico, 1876-1929
Haber, Stephen
Razo, Armando
Maurer, Noel
Libecap, Gary
Markets and Institutions
20th Century: Pre WWII
Latin America, incl. Mexico and the Caribbean
May 20, 2004
Guardians of the Nation? Economists, General, and Economic Reform in Latin America
Biglaiser, Glen
McGreevey, William
Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History
20th Century: WWII and post-WWII
Latin America, incl. Mexico and the Caribbean
May 13, 2004
Apogee of Empire: Spain and New Spain in the Age of Charles III, 1759-1789
Stein, Stanley J.
Stein, Barbara H.
Ringrose, David
International and Domestic Trade and Relations
18th Century
Latin America, incl. Mexico and the Caribbean
Apr 15, 2004
Bonds and Bondholders: British Investors and Mexico's Foreign Debt, 1824-1888
Costeloe, Michael P.
Marichal, Carlos
International and Domestic Trade and Relations
19th Century
Latin America, incl. Mexico and the Caribbean
Sep 17, 2003
The Power and the Money: The Mexican Financial System, 1876-1932
Maurer, Noel
Cárdenas, Enrique C
Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance
20th Century: Pre WWII
Latin America, incl. Mexico and the Caribbean
Sep 10, 2003
Cultivating Coffee: The Farmers of Carazo, Nicaragua, 1880-1930
Charlip, Julie A.
Lindo-Fuentes, Héctor L
Markets and Institutions
20th Century: Pre WWII
Latin America, incl. Mexico and the Caribbean
Sep 7, 2003
The Sugar Industry and the Abolition of the Slave Trade, 1775-1810
Carrington, Selwyn H. H.
Richardson, David
Servitude and Slavery
19th Century
Latin America, incl. Mexico and the Caribbean
Sep 2, 2003
Encumbered Cuba: Capital Markets and Revolt, 1878-1895
Fernández, Susan J. F
Salvucci, Linda K.
Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History
19th Century
Latin America, incl. Mexico and the Caribbean
Jun 17, 2003
The Mexican Economy, 1870-1930: Essays on the Economic History of Institutions, Revolution, and Growth
Bortz, Jeffrey L.
Haber, Stephen
Keefer, Philip
Markets and Institutions
20th Century: Pre WWII
Latin America, incl. Mexico and the Caribbean
Mar 14, 2003
Tropical Capitalism: The Industrialization of Belo Horizonte, Brazil
Eakin, Marshall C.
Triner, Gail D.
Urban and Regional History
20th Century: WWII and post-WWII
Latin America, incl. Mexico and the Caribbean
Aug 22, 2002
The Making of the Mexican Border: The State, Capitalism, and Society in Nuevo Leon, 1848-1910
Mora-Torres, Juan
Baskes, Jeremy
Urban and Regional History
20th Century: Pre WWII
Latin America, incl. Mexico and the Caribbean
Jun 24, 2002
Institutions and Investment: The Political Basis of Industrialization in Mexico before 1911
Beatty, Edward
Sokoloff, Kenneth L.
Markets and Institutions
20th Century: Pre WWII
Latin America, incl. Mexico and the Caribbean
Jun 6, 2002
Ensayos de Historia Económica: Uruguay y la región en la economía mundial 1870-1990
Bértola, Luis B
Twomey, Michael J.
Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History
20th Century: WWII and post-WWII
Latin America, incl. Mexico and the Caribbean
May 21, 2002
Straining at the Anchor: The Argentine Currency Board and the Search for Macroeconomic Stability, 1880-1935
Paolera, Gerardo della
Taylor, Alan M.
Temin, Peter
Macroeconomics and Fluctuations
20th Century: Pre WWII
Latin America, incl. Mexico and the Caribbean
May 1, 2002
An Economic History of Twentieth-Century Latin America
Cárdenas, Enrique
Ocampo, José Antonio
Thorp, Rosemary
Beatty, Edward
Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History
20th Century: WWII and post-WWII
Latin America, incl. Mexico and the Caribbean
Feb 21, 2002
New Spain's Century of Depression
Borah, Woodrow Wilson
Salvucci, Richard
Historical Demography, including Migration
17th Century
Latin America, incl. Mexico and the Caribbean
Jul 31, 2001
Banking and Economic Development: Brazil, 1889-1930
Triner, Gail D.
Musacchio, Aldo
Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History
20th Century: Pre WWII
Latin America, incl. Mexico and the Caribbean
Jul 15, 2001
The Economic Development of Latin America in the Twentieth Century
Hofman, André H
Maurer, Noel
Economic Development, Growth, and Aggregate Productivity
20th Century: WWII and post-WWII
Latin America, incl. Mexico and the Caribbean
Oct 12, 2000
Monetary Standards in the Periphery: Paper, Silver and Gold, 1854-1933
Acena, Pablo Martin
Reis, Jaime
Redish, Angela
Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History
20th Century: Pre WWII
Latin America, incl. Mexico and the Caribbean
Sep 17, 2000
American Sugar Kingdom: The Plantation Economy of the Spanish Caribbean 1898-1934
Ayala, César A
Dye, Alan
Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History
20th Century: Pre WWII
Latin America, incl. Mexico and the Caribbean
Sep 2, 2000
Titles, Conflict and Land Use: The Development of Property Rights and Land Reform on the Brazilian Frontier
Alston, Lee J.
Libecap, Gary D.
Mueller, Bernardo
Johnsen, D. Bruce
Markets and Institutions
20th Century: WWII and post-WWII
Latin America, incl. Mexico and the Caribbean
Jun 30, 2000
The Rise of Capitalism on the Pampas: The Estancias of Buenos Aires, 1785-1870
Amaral, Samuel
Beatty, Edward
Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Extractive Industries
19th Century
Latin America, incl. Mexico and the Caribbean
May 31, 2000
Latin America and the World Economy since 1800
Coatsworth, John
Taylor, Alan
Salvucci, Richard
Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History
General or Comparative
Latin America, incl. Mexico and the Caribbean
Feb 20, 2000

Geographic Area:
General, International, or Comparative
Asia
Europe
Latin America, incl. Mexico and the Caribbean
Middle East

Entrepreneurship in Nineteenth-Century Brazil:The Formation of a Business Environment
Birchal, Sergio de Oliveira
Woodward, Ralph Lee
Business History
19th Century
Latin America, incl. Mexico and the Caribbean
Nov 8, 1999

Geographic Area:
Latin America, incl. Mexico and the Caribbean
North America

Cuban Sugar in the Age of Mass Production: Technology and the Economics of the Sugar Central, 1899-1929
Dye, Alan B.
Salvucci, Richard
Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Extractive Industries
20th Century: Pre WWII
Latin America, incl. Mexico and the Caribbean
Sep 5, 1999

Geographic Area:
Europe
Latin America, incl. Mexico and the Caribbean

Progress, Poverty and Exclusion: An Economic History of Latin America in the 20th Century
Thorp, Rosemary
Taylor, Alan M.
Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History
General or Comparative
Latin America, incl. Mexico and the Caribbean
Aug 15, 1999
The Allure of the Foreign: Imported Goods in Postcolonial Latin America
Orlove, Benjamin
McCants, Anne E. C.
International and Domestic Trade and Relations
19th Century
Latin America, incl. Mexico and the Caribbean
Feb 4, 1998