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Fernando Rocchi. Chimneys in the Desert. Industrialization in Argentina During the Export Boom Years, 1870-1930.

Fernando Rocchi. Chimneys in the Desert. Industrialization in Argentina During the Export Boom Years, 1870-1930.

Stanford, California: Stanford University Press, 2006.

410 páginas.

Contents

Introduction: Industrialization in an Agrarian Economy

1 – The First Factories: The Dawn of Argentine Industry, 1870s–1890s

2 – The Market as an Object of Desire: The Rise of Domestic Industrial Consumption

3 – The Victory of Big Business: Industrial Growth in the First Decades of the Twentieth Century

4 – Only One Argentina: The Creation of a National Market for Manufactured Goods

5 – Tension and Harmony in the Industrial Family: Entrepreneurs and Workers in Argentina’s Factories

6 – Money and Factories: The Myths and Realities of Industrial Financing

7 – The Empire of Pragmatism: Politics and Industry in the Period 1880-1930

A Midway Industrialization: Concluding Remarks

Appendices

Bibliography