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Autore |
Frankema Ewout |
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Titolo |
Has Latin America always been unequal? [[electronic resource] ] : a comparative study of asset and income inequality in the long twentieth century / / by Ewout Frankema |
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Pubbl/distr/stampa |
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Leiden ; ; Boston, : Brill, 2009 |
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ISBN |
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1-282-40134-3 |
9786612401343 |
90-474-2935-4 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (312 p.) |
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Collana |
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Global economic history series, , 1872-5155 ; ; v. 3 |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Income distribution - Latin America |
Equality - Latin America |
Latin America Economic conditions 1982- |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Preliminary Material / E.H.P. Frankema -- Chapter One. Introduction / E.H.P. Frankema -- Chapter Two. The Institutionalisation Of Inequality In Colonial Latin America / E.H.P. Frankema -- Chapter Three. The Omnipresence Of Land Inequality In Post-Colonial Latin America / E.H.P. Frankema -- Chapter Four. The Advance Of Mass Education: Quantity Or Quality? / E.H.P. Frankema -- Chapter Five. The Secular Trend Of Income Inequality, 1870-2000: Theoretical And Historical Perspectives / E.H.P. Frankema -- Chapter Six. Changing Patterns Of Factor Income Distribution, 1870-2000 / E.H.P. Frankema -- Chapter Seven. The Recent Rise Of Urban Wage Inequality / E.H.P. Frankema -- Chapter Eight. Conclusion / E.H.P. Frankema -- Appendix / E.H.P. Frankema -- References / E.H.P. Frankema -- Index / E.H.P. Frankema. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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The forces of industrialisation, urbanisation, globalisation and technological change have washed away the pre-modern outlook of most Latin American economies. Despite the improved opportunities of social mobility offered by economic modernisation, current income inequality levels (still) appear extraordinary high. Has Latin America always been unequal? Did the region fail to settle a longstanding |
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