Thomas Victor Bulmer, Victor Bulmer-Thomas, V. Bulmer-Thomas

The Political Economy of Central America Since 1920

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Produktbeschreibung

In this book Victor Bulmer-Thomas uses his previously unpublished estimates of the national accounts to explore economic and social development in the five Central American republics from 1920.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 444
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. September 2008
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 26mm
• Gewicht: 716g
• ISBN-13: 9780521348393
• ISBN-10: 0521348390
• Artikelnr.: 25556681

Inhaltsangabe

List of figures
List of tables
Preface
List of acronyms
Table of official exchange rate parities to US dollar
Map: Central America
1. A century of independence: foundations of export-led growth
2. Central America in the 1920s: reform and consolidation
3. The 1929 depression
4. Economic recovery and political reaction in the 1930s
5. Central America and the Second World War
6. Post-war economic recovery
7. The struggle for democracy, the Cold War and the Labour movement in the first post-war decade
8. The foundations of modern export-led growth, 1954-60
9. The illusion of a golden age, 1960-70
10. External shocks and the challenge to the social order, 1970-9
11. The descent into regional crisis
12. Conclusions
Methodological appendix
Statistical appendix
Notes
Bibliography
Index.