The economic consequences of independence in Latin America

The Cambridge Economic History of Latin America: The Colonial Era and the Short Nineteenth Century

Volumn 1, Issue , 2005, Pages 463-504

  De La Escosura, Leandro Prados ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD CARLOS III DE MADRID   (Spain)

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EID: 84928416807     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1017/CHOL9780521812894.015     Document Type: Chapter

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