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The life and times of Raul Prebisch, 1901-1986 / Edgar J. Dosman.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Dosman, Edgar J.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Prebisch, Raúl.
- Banco Central de la República Argentina.
- United Nations. Economic Commission for Latin America.
- United Nations.
- United Nations Conference on Trade and Development.
- Latin American Institute for Economic and Social Planning--Biography.
- Latin American Institute for Economic and Social Planning.
- Economists--Argentina--Biography.
- Economists.
- Executives--Argentina--Biography.
- Executives.
- Latin America--Economic conditions--20th century.
- Latin America.
- Latin America--Economic policy.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (624 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Montreal : McGill-Queen's University Press, c2008.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Raúl Prebisch was a leader in economic development theory and international economic policy, an institution builder, and an international diplomat. The Life and Times of Raúl Prebisch provides the first book-length account of his life and work, a story cast against the backdrop of Latin America, the Cold War, the rise of the United Nations, and the struggle for equity between first and third worlds. A wunderkind, Prebisch occupied key positions at the Argentine ministry of finance in his twenties and was the general manager of the Argentine Central Bank before forty. Exiled by Juan Perón after World War II, he became arguably the most influential Latin American official at the UN, heading such international organizations as the Economic Commission for Latin America and the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development.
- Contents:
- Front Matter
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Childhood: The Dreams of Tucumán
- University in Buenos Aires
- Apprenticeship
- Taste of Power
- Central Banker
- Opening to Washington
- The Pearl Harbor Squeeze
- The Wilderness
- Discovery of Latin America
- Solitary Scholar
- Triumph in Havana
- Claiming ECLA
- The Creation of Latin America
- Paradise Lost
- Return to Santiago
- The Kennedy Offensive
- Global Gamble
- The Gospel of don Raúl
- Trials in Washington
- Prophet
- House of the Spirits
- Acronyms
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [555]-582) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9786612864544
- 9780773578418
- 0773578412
- 9781282864542
- 1282864548
- 9780773574649
- 0773574646
- OCLC:
- 647844399
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