WWW Virtual Library Economic and Business History: Web Resources: Latin America

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Reference

H-LatAm WWW Site at Michigan State University. Latin American studies links: discussion list, reviews, resources, announcements.

Latin American Network Information Center at the University of Texas at Austin. Country and subject directories.

Data Archives

Economic History Datadesk. Economic History of Latin America, United States and New World, 1500-1900 A scholarly web site devoted to current research with an emphasis on collection and analysis of historical datasets. Data data on commodity prices, mineral production, agricultural tithes, commercial traffic for Latin American Spanish and Portuguese colonies; United States data on gold and silver production with special reference to Nevada's Comstock; bullion flows from New World to Europe and Far East; Spanish royal treasury accounts from more than 70 branches in the Viceroyalties of Mexico and Peru, compiled by John TePaske, Herbert Klein et al.

Oxford Latin American Economic History Database (OxLAD) is a free, downloadable, on-line resource for reliable, consistent, and comparable economic and social data series from 1900-2000 for 20 countries in Latin America. It is produced by the Latin American Centre of Oxford University.

Web Resources

Colonial Independence and Economic Backwardness in Latin America By Leandro Prados de la Escosura (Universidad Carlos III, Madrid) Dpto. de Historia Economica e Instituciones, Universidad Carlos III, Madrid. Working paper 04-65.

Economic History Datadesk. Economic History of Latin America, United States and New World, 1500-1900 A scholarly web site devoted to current research with an emphasis on collection and analysis of historical datasets. Data data on commodity prices, mineral production, agricultural tithes, commercial traffic for Latin American Spanish and Portuguese colonies; United States data on gold and silver production with special reference to Nevada's Comstock; bullion flows from New World to Europe and Far East; Spanish royal treasury accounts from more than 70 branches in the Viceroyalties of Mexico and Peru, compiled by John TePaske, Herbert Klein et al.

Handbook of Latin American Studies at the Library of Congress. A searchable annotated bibliography.

Latin American Business History : resource and research Oral history interviews with twenty-one leading Argentinean and Chilean business practitioners provide a valuable resource for research on the business history of Latin American Southern Cone countries.

Oxford Latin American Economic History Database (OxLAD) is a free, downloadable, on-line resource for reliable, consistent, and comparable economic and social data series from 1900-2000 for 20 countries in Latin America. It is produced by the Latin American Centre of Oxford University.

When Did Latin America Fall Behind? Evidence from Long-run International Inequality By Leandro Prados de la Escosura (Universidad Carlos III, Madrid) Dpto. de Historia Economica e Instituciones, Universidad Carlos III, Madrid. Working paper 04-66.

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