Britain and Latin America in 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.

ISBN 0582497213   Pages 342 ISBN13 9780582497214 (What's this?)   Weight (grammes) 397 Publisher Pearson Education Limited   Published in Harlow Imprint Longman   Series editor Morrill, John, Morrill, John, Morrill, John Format Paperback   Series title Studies in Modern History Publication date 05 Jul 1993   Previous ISBN 9780582218772 Non-book description xiv, 327 p. :   Height (mm) 216 Library of Congress HF1534.5.L   Width (mm) 140 DEWEY 337.4108   Spine width (mm) 18 DEWEY edition DC20   Academic level Professional / Scholarly

Part 1 Introduction: the growth and decline of British interests; the evolution of Latin America; questions and controversies; themes of the book. Part 2 The origins of British interest in Latin America - the colonial and independence eras: British trade and the Spanish empire before independence; England and the Portuguese empire in the 18th century; the independence period (1806-1825). Part 3 The British government and Latin America from independence to 1914: the 50 fifty years after independence; the government and Latin America, 1870-1914. Part 4 Latin America and British business in the first half-century after independence: the trade; the merchants; Latin America and the British commercial presence; British investment. Part 5 The merchants and trade, 1870-1914: the merchants; the Latin American export trade; the debate about British exports. Part 6 The investment boom and its consequences: the pattern of investment; Latin American public debt; company formation; consequences and problems of investment. Part 7 Three perspectives on the links with Britain in the boom years - Argentina, Brazil and Chile. Part 8 The first World War and its aftermath: the first World War; the postwar decade - the British viewpoint; the postwar decade - the Latin American viewpoint; Argentina, Brazil and the British connection in the 1920s. Part 9 The loss of British influence - the Great Depression and the Second World War: trade and investment in the 1930s; Argentina, Brazil and Britain in the 1930s; the Second World War; the postwar years. Part 10 The relationship between Britain and Latin America in retrospect: the dynamics of the relationship; questions of imperialism and dependency; epilogue - Britain and Latin America since 1950.

"Tyhe book is a ground-breaking guide. The strengths of the text lie in its organisation [it] succeeds in providing LAtin Americanists with an invaulable source." Latin American Studies

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