RE: Re: More on Argentina

["Devine, James" <jdevine@xxxxxxx>]

Charles J. writes:
>I wouldn't emphasize the dependence on canned meat and weetabix exports as
very explanatory. Of course it might have helped had Brazil also not been
such an agricultural producer.<

I'd say that the problem was that British dominance during the 19th century
prevented Argentina from imitating the U.S. of that era, i.e., building up
industry behind tariff walls in order to serve the domestic market. It had a
lot of the other characteristics of white settler colonies (including the
U.S.) By the time that Argentina got around to Import-Substituting
Industrialization, it was a bit too late (though it _might_ have succeeded).

Jim Devine jdevine@xxxxxxx &  http://bellarmine.lmu.edu/~jdevine