1st Edition
The State And Underdevelopment In Spanish America The Political Roots Of Dependency In Peru And Argentina
By Douglas Friedman
Copyright 1984
236 Pages
by
Routledge
236 Pages
by
Routledge
236 Pages
by
Routledge
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Challenging the dependency theory approach to the origin of underdevelopment in Spanish America, this book argues that internal political and economic factors led the nations of the region to become dependent and underdeveloped during the nineteenth century. Dr. Friedman focuses on Peru and Argentina in the aftermath of their wars of independence to show how underdevelopment and dependency... Read more
Westview Replica Editions -- Dependency, Colonialism, and Crisis -- Spanish American Underdevelopment: Dependency Theory, the State, and Class Conflict -- State and Economy in Colonial Spanish America -- The Bourbon Reform Era: The Modern Absolutist State in Colonial Spanish America -- The Crisis of the Colonial State: The Spanish American Wars of Independence -- The State Origins of Dependency in Nineteenth Century Peru and Argentina -- Introduction -- Economic Class Conflict in Peru and Argentina: The Economic Basis of Political Class Conflict -- Political Conflict in Nineteenth Century Peru and Argentina: Political Crisis and the State -- The State and the Origin of the Export Economy: Peru and Argentina -- Conclusion: Spanish America and the International Economy
Biography
Douglas Friedman is assistant professor of political science at the College of Charleston in Charleston, South Carolina.
