A comprehensive and accessible overview of the economic history of Latin America over the two centuries since Independence. It considers its principal problems and the main policy trends and covers external trade, economic growth, and inequality.

• Foreword


• 1: Latin America in the World Economy, 1810-2010


• 2: The Economic History of the Young Independent Republics, 1810-1870


• 3: Globalization, Institution-building, and Commodity-export-led Growth, c. 1870-1929


• 4: State-led Industrialization


• 5: Turning Back to the Market


• 6: By Way of Conclusion: The History and Challenges of Latin American Development

Luis Bértola is Visiting Professor at Gothenburg University and Editor of the Journal of Iberian and Latin American Economic History Review, and the Montevideo-Oxford Latin American Economic History Database. He is a member of the bureau of the International Economic History Association.
; José Antonio Ocampo is former Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations for Economic and Social Affairs, former Executive Secretary of the UN Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean, and former Minister of Finance, Agriculture, and Planning of Colombia.