In: Social Science History
Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Introduction: Industrialization in an Agrarian Economy -- 1. The First Factories: The Dawn of Argentine Industry, 1870s-1890s -- 2. The Market as an Object of Desire: The Rise of Domestic Industrial Consumption -- 3. The Victory of Big Business: Industrial Growth in the First Decades of the Twentieth Century -- 4. Only One Argentina: The Creation of a National Market for Manufactured Goods -- 5. Tension and Harmony in the Industrial Family: Entrepreneurs and Workers in Argentina's Factories -- 6. Money and Factories: The Myths and Realities of Industrial Financing -- 7. The Empire of Pragmatism: Politics and Industry in the Period 1880-1930 -- A Midway Industrialization: Concluding Remarks -- Appendices -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index
In: Social science history
In: Social Science History Ser.
In: Social science history
This book offers a new perspective on the history of Argentina by studying economics through the lens of traditionally non-economic perspectives, such as the importance of politics, consumerist culture, women, paternalism, nation-building, and ideology.
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