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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... debt.22 The example of Mexico , which had the greatest debt problem of all , is instructive , for it shows both the relative importance of local and foreign businessmen and also the consequences of unwise speculation . By the 1840s ...
... debt.22 The example of Mexico , which had the greatest debt problem of all , is instructive , for it shows both the relative importance of local and foreign businessmen and also the consequences of unwise speculation . By the 1840s ...
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... debt to export earnings in 1914 reached 3.51 , compared with 1.91 for Argentina and 1.45 for Chile.35 Brazil's ... debt , which was made worse by the lengthy suspensions of amortisation payments . British investment in Brazilian railways ...
... debt to export earnings in 1914 reached 3.51 , compared with 1.91 for Argentina and 1.45 for Chile.35 Brazil's ... debt , which was made worse by the lengthy suspensions of amortisation payments . British investment in Brazilian railways ...
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... debt ( see pp . 164-6 and 200-1 ) . For most of the interwar period Brazil maintained close connexions with the London merchant banks . Although the Montagu Mission of 1924 did not provide Brazil immediately with the loans it desired ...
... debt ( see pp . 164-6 and 200-1 ) . For most of the interwar period Brazil maintained close connexions with the London merchant banks . Although the Montagu Mission of 1924 did not provide Brazil immediately with the loans it desired ...
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
The Relationship between Britain | 10 |
The British Government and Latin America from | 47 |
Copyright | |
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