An Economic History of Twentieth-Century Latin America
Volume 3: Industrialization and the State in Latin America: The Postwar Years

Editors: Enrique Cárdenas, José Antonio Ocampo, Rosemary Thorp



In the 1990s, 'protection', 'import substitution' and 'intervention' have become dirty words, part of the 'leyenda negra' of Latin America development in the postwar period. This book attempts a fresh look at the controversial years between the end of the Second World War and the point when, at varying dates in different countries, a discontinuity occurs in which the postwar 'style of development' ceased to play a central role in the economic evolution of the region. The analysis is based on seven case studies covering eleven countries.

Table of contents

Front Matter

Introduction

Technological Learning, Institution Building and the Microeconomics of Import Substitution

ECLA and the Theory of Import Substituting Industrialization in Latin America

The Influence of International Financial Institutions on ISI

The Industrialization of Chile during Protectionism, 1940–82

Import Substitution and Growth in Brazil, 1890s–1970s

The Process of Accelerated Industrialization in Mexico, 1929–82

Industrialization in Venezuela, 1936–83: The Problem of Abundance

Colombia in the Classical Era of ‘Inward-Looking Development’, 1930–74

Import-Substituting Industrialization in Argentina, 1940–80: Its Achievements and Shortcomings

Import Substitution, Economic Integration and the Development of Central America, 1950–80

Back Matter