Britain and Latin America in the Nineteenth and Twentieth CenturiesPart of the "Studies in Modern History" series, this text examines the relationship between Latin America and Britain during the 19th- and 20th-centuries. The first full-length survey of Britain's role in Latin America as a whole from the early 1800s to the 1950s, when influence in the region passed to the United States. Rory Miller examines the reasons for the rise and decline of British influence, and reappraises its impact on the Latin American states. Did it, as often claimed, circumscribe their political autonomy and inhibit their economic development? This sustained case study of imperialism and dependency will have an interest beyond Latin American specialists alone. |
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... Peru and Bolivia was a severe economic crisis in Peru , due largely to the decline of its guano resources and economic mismanagement . This led to default on its external debt in 1876 , which primarily affected English and French ...
... Peru and Bolivia was a severe economic crisis in Peru , due largely to the decline of its guano resources and economic mismanagement . This led to default on its external debt in 1876 , which primarily affected English and French ...
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... Peru's principal exports apart from copper , all depended on markets in Liverpool or Bradford . While Peru supplied only 1.7 per cent of Britain's imports of cotton in 1910-14 , these shipments made up 70 per cent of Peru's cotton ...
... Peru's principal exports apart from copper , all depended on markets in Liverpool or Bradford . While Peru supplied only 1.7 per cent of Britain's imports of cotton in 1910-14 , these shipments made up 70 per cent of Peru's cotton ...
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... PERU : Despite a revolt in Lima Manuel Pardo becomes first civilian President of Peru . PERU : Government given power by Congress to take control of nitrate oficinas , compensating owners with ' nitrate certificates ' . MEXICO : Former ...
... PERU : Despite a revolt in Lima Manuel Pardo becomes first civilian President of Peru . PERU : Government given power by Congress to take control of nitrate oficinas , compensating owners with ' nitrate certificates ' . MEXICO : Former ...
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
The Relationship between Britain | 10 |
The British Government and Latin America from | 47 |
Copyright | |
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