Argentina's economic reforms of the 1990s in contemporary and historical perspective

Preface -- Acknowledgements -- The authors -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- The southernmost territory of imperial Spain turns into the Argentine nation -- The Spanish heritage -- From the May revolution to the national organization -- 1853-1913: six decades of increasing integration into the global economy -- From the national organization to the first world war -- Split, reunification and the "historical presidencies" -- The years when roca dominated politics -- From the beginning of the First World War to the end of the Second World War -- The traumatic 30 years from 1914 to 1944 -- The "radical republic" -- From the fall of yrigoyen to the rise of perón -- Four-and-a-half decades of political and economic instability -- Inflation, stagflation and hyperinflation -- Perón and Evita -- The eighteen years when peronism was outlawed -- The return of Perón andl the military -- Transition to democracy and Alfonsín's presidency -- Reform and counter-reform -- The Latin American consensus of the 1990s -- Menem and de la Rúa -- The origin of Duhalde's decisions and Kirchner's metamorphosis -- Duhalde and the Kirchners -- Conclusions -- Conclusions