This book represents a contribution in, at least, three dimensions: quantitative, historical and conceptual. From a quantitative point of view, the volume presents an extensive data set corresponding to 9 countries, 182 regions (states, provinces, departments) and around 14 benchmark years from...

Economic development in Latin America from the end of the nineteenth century shows highly diverse patterns across countries and periods. Argentina, for instance, experienced rapid growth until World War I, following an export-led model, and a relative decline afterwards, whereas economic growth...

Chapter 1: Introduction-Time, space and economics in the history of Latin America -- Chapter 2: Comparing different estimation methodologies of regional GDPs in Latin American countries -- Chapter 3:Productive and regional development policies in Latin America since 1890 -- Chapter 4: Regional...