Persistence, Evolution and Change in Latin American Agriculture, Volume II

National Trajectories, 1870 – 2020
Erscheinungsjahr 2026
ISBN: 978-3-032-36048-9
Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan

Buch, Englisch, 430 Seiten, Format (B × H): 148 mm x 210 mm

Reihe: Palgrave Studies in Economic History

This second volume edited collection presents a diverse and comprehensive examination of the history of Latin American agriculture over the last 150 years. This volume analyses the agricultural sector in eleven Latin American economies–Argentina, Brazil, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Mexico, Peru, Uruguay and Venezuela–in terms of agricultural production, use of inputs (land, capital, labour), technological change, institutional factors, the design of agricultural public policies and the consequences in terms of environmental degradation. Weaving an awareness of broader regional and global contexts into each chapter, the volume illuminates the diversity of developments and trends in agricultural history across different countries, facilitating stronger understanding of the role of agriculture in economic development and policy implications for the continent today. The book will be a valuable resource for scholars of economic and agricultural history, as well as development economics and Latin American economic policy.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Martín-Retortillo, Miguel

Pinilla, Vicente

Velazco-Portocarrero, Jackeline

Willebald, Henry

Fachgebiete

• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Wirtschaftspolitik, politische Ökonomie
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftssektoren & Branchen Primärer Sektor
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Volkswirtschaftslehre Allgemein
• Naturwissenschaften Agrarwissenschaften Agrarwissenschaften
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftsgeschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Chapter 1. Ranching, farming, and beyond. Shifting trends in Argentine agriculture during the last 150 years.- Chapter 2. Agriculture in Bolivia.- Chapter 3. Brazilian Agriculture Since 1870.- Chapter 4. Chilean Agriculture: Structural Change and Economic Performance, 1870 to Present.- Chapter 5. Policies and performance of Colombia's agriculture over the last 150 years.- Chapter 6. The main agrarian transformations in Costa Rica in the context of the first and second globalization (1840-2020).- Chapter 7. Cuba’s agriculture in the long run: exception or alternative? Export-led growth, classical dependence and inward-looking development (1870-2020).- Chapter 8. From land dispute to global markets: Mexican agriculture, 1870-2020.- Chapter 9. Agriculture and economic growth from a long-run perspective (1870-2020): The Peruvian case.- Chapter 10. Agriculture in Uruguay in a long-term perspective (1870-2020). Continuities and ruptures of the 'dynamic stagnation'.- Chapter 11. Trends in Venezuelan Agriculture: The Failure of "Sowing the Oil"?.

Über Autor(innen)

Miguel Martín-Retortillo is Associate Professor of Economic History at the University of Alcala, Spain. His academic interests are related to agriculture and its main transformations in a long-term perspective. The focus of his research has been in European and Latin American agriculture.

Vicente Pinilla is Professor in Economic History at the University of Zaragoza and researcher at the Instituto Agroalimentario de Aragon, in Spain. His research interests are in international trade, agricultural products, long-term agricultural changes, environmental history, wine economics and depopulation processes and policies.

Jackeline Velazco-Portocarrero is Associate Professor of Economics at the University of Girona (Spain) and the Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú. Her research examines long-term agrarian productivity, the role of agriculture in economic growth, evolving urban–rural linkages, and the significance of non-farm activities.

Henry Willebald is Full Professor of Economic History at the Instituto de Economía, Universidad de la República (Uruguay). His research interests are in modern economic growth in settler economies and Latin American countries, diverse dimensions of economic development at national and regional level, inequality, productive specialization, natural resources and sustainability.