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

Mexico Since Independence brings together six chapters from Volumes III, V and VII of the Cambridge History of Latin America to provide in a single volume an ec

What is Latin America, after all? While histories of the "other" Americas often link disparate histories through revolutionary or tragic narratives, Latin Ameri

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