1st Edition

British Merchants And Chilean Development, 1851-1886

By John Mayo Copyright 1987
    292 Pages
    by Routledge

    292 Pages
    by Routledge

    This book examines the enormous contribution British merchants made toward Chilean prosperity and stability during nineteenth-century. It also examines the role of expatriates during the period of rapid economic change and development.

    1. Chile in 1851 2. The British Community 3. The Official Presence 4. The Commission Houses and the Import-Export Trade 5. The Mining Sector: Copper, Silver, and Coal 6. Mining: Valparaiso and the Nitrate Regions 7. The Financial Sector 8. Industry and Communications 9. Conclusion: Thirty-Five Years On

    Biography

    Mayo, John