Chimneys in the desert : industrialization in Argentina during the export boom years, 1870-1930 / Fernando Rocchi.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rocchi, Fernando.

Series:

Social science history.

Social science history

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Industrialization--Argentina.

Industrialization.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (414 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, 2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book offers new topics and new perspectives on the economic history of Argentina before the 1930 Depression. It focuses on the evolution of early industrialization in a country primarily associated with cattle-ranching and agriculture, and single-mindedly characterized as a case of a successful export economy. Taking an original approach, the book cross-examines traditional economic issues such as production and finances, and new cultural patterns, such as consumption, the role of women, paternalism, and ideology. The first years of Argentina’s industrialization, from the 1870s to the 1920s, coincided with a time of great innovation, a brisk turn from tradition, and quick modernization. This book shows that industry not only helped Argentina’s economy along, but spearheaded its modernization. It challenges the long-lasting “canonical version” that industry was a victim of a capital market and a state extremely hostile to manufacturing. Access to financing for industrial endeavors was much easier than previously thought, while the state supported industry through tariffs.

Contents:

Introduction : Industrialization in an agrarian economy

The first factories : the dawn of Argentine industry, 1870s-1890s

The market as an object of desire : the rise of domestic industrial consumption

The victory of big business : industrial growth in the first decades of the twentieth century

Only one Argentina: the creation of a national market for manufactured goods

Tension and harmony in the industrial family : entrepreneurs and workers in argentina's factories

Money and factories : the myths and realities of industrial financing

The empire of pragmatism : politics and industry in the period 1880-1930.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. 343-383) and index.

ISBN:

0-8047-6745-9

1-4294-1594-0

OCLC:

76999972