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The image of a belated, weak, incomplete and truncated process of industrialization has become associated with the frustrated destiny of Argentina. In this article, the authors examine the literature generated in history and social sciences in Argentina on this topic, particularly on the initial period of industrial development between 1880 to 1930, which witnessed the fastest expansion of the national economy

The subject of industrialization has become almost an obsession with Argentines. The image of a belated, weak, incomplete, and truncated process of industrialization has become associated with the frustrated destiny of Argentina. At some moment in its history, the country must have taken a wrong turn and, squandering opportunities, set off on a perverse downhill, an inexplicable turn in the first place, and not only for those who think of the country as being richly endowed. In the search for some explanation, the issue of industrialization has always occupied a central place in the debate.

La Fabrica Argentina de Alpargatas fue una de las primeras grandes empresas dedicadas a la fabricacion de productos masivos para el mercado interno. Las fuentes de su expansion provinieron de la disposicion a reinvertir las utilidades obtenidas en periodos de altos beneficios, su capacidad para suscribir continuos aumentos del capital y la posibilidad de recurrir al credito externo. La empresa mostro una clara preocupacion por el monopolio local de la tecnologia, unida a una busqueda constante del dominio del mercado