Has Latin America always been unequal? : a comparative study of asset and income inequality in the long twentieth century /

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Author / Creator:Frankema, Ewout.
Imprint:Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2009.
Description:1 online resource (xviii, 290 pages) : illustrations, map
Language:English
Series:Global economic history series, 1872-5155 ; v. 3
Global economic history series ; v. 3.
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11205243
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ISBN:9789047429357
9047429354
9789004175914
9004175911
Digital file characteristics:data file
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Summary:Employing comparative and quantitative historical methods Frankema explores long run trends of asset and income distribution in Latin America, arguing that there is little reason to regard the yawning gap between rich and poor as the persistent result of a colonial heritage.
Other form:Print version: Frankema, Ewout. Has Latin America always been unequal? Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2009 9789004175914
Standard no.:10.1163/ej.9789004175914.i-294