Cambridge History Economic of Latin America 1. The Colonial Era & the Short 19th c

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1、P1:KIC0521812895preCB928-Bulmer0521812895October26,20050:46thecambridgeeconomichistoryoflatinamericaTheCambridgeEconomicHistoryofLatinAmericaprovidesaccesstothecurrentstateofexpertknowledgeaboutLatinAmerica’seconomicpastfromtheSpanishconquesttothebeginningofthetwenty-firstcentury.Itincludesworkfromdi

2、verseperspectives,disciplines,andmethodologiesfromqualitativehistoricalanalysisofpoliciesandinstitutionstocliometrics,thenewinstitutionaleconomics,andenvi-ronmentalsciences.Eachchapterprovidesacomparativeanalysisofeconomictrends,sectoraldevelopment,ortheevolutionoftheinstitutionalandpolicyenvironmen

3、t.VolumeIincludesthecolonialandindependenceerasupto1850,linkingLatinAmerica’seconomichistorytothepre-Hispanic,European,andAfricanback-ground.ItalsosynthesizesknowledgeonthehumanandenvironmentalimpactoftheSpanishconquest,theevolutionofcolonialeconomicinstitutions,andtheperformanceofkeysectorsofthecol

4、onialandimmediatepostcolonialeconomies.Finally,itanalyzesthecostsandbenefitsofindependence.VolumeIItreatsthe“longtwentiethcentury”fromtheonsetofmoderneco-nomicgrowthtothepresent.VictorBulmer-ThomasistheDirectorofChathamHouse,theLondonhomeoftheRoyalInstituteofInternationalAffairs,andProfessorEmeritusa

5、ttheUniversityofLondon.From1992to1998,hewasDirectoroftheInstituteofLatinAmericanStudies(nowtheInstitutefortheStudyoftheAmericas)atLondonUniversity.HeistheauthorofTheEconomicHistoryofLatinAmericasinceIndependence(Secondedition,2003)andeditorofRegionalIntegrationinLatinAmericaandtheCaribbean:ThePoliti

6、calEconomyofOpenRegionalism(2001).JohnH.CoatsworthisMonroeGutmanProfessorofLatinAmericanAffairsintheDepartmentofHistoryatHarvardUniversity.InadditiontoservingastheDirectoroftheDavidRockefellerCenterforLatinAmericanStudiessinceitsfoundingin1994,hechairstheHarvardUniversityCommitteeonHumanRightsStudie

7、s.HisrecentbooksincludeLatinAmericaandtheWorldEconomysince1800,editedwithAlanM.Taylor(1998),andCulturasencontradas:CubaylosEstadosUnidos,editedwithRafaelHernandez(´2001).RobertoCortesCondeisProfessorE