A comprehensive balanced portrait of the factors affecting economic development in Latin America, first published in 2003.

A comprehensive and accessible overview of the economic history of Latin America over the two centuries since Independence. It considers its principal problems

A comprehensive Statistical Appendix provides regional and country-by-country data in such areas as GDP, manufacturing, sector productivity, prices, trade, inco

This book offers an innovative, thematic approach to the history of Latin America since independence. It traces continuity and change in colonial legacies that

Analysis of Latin America's economy focusing on development, covering the colonial roots of inequality, boom and bust cycles, labor markets, and fiscal and mone