Chimneys in the Desert
Subtitle: Industrialization in Argentina During the Export Boom Years, 1870-1930
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Published: December 23, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 416
ISBN-13: 9780804750127
Subjects: Economic History; First World War, 1914-1918; Inter-war period, 1918-1939; c 1800 to c 1900; c 1900 - c 1914; Latin America - South America; History - General History; History; History: World; Argentina; History / South America; Industrialization
First sentence: By the 1890s, the landscape of Buenos Aires had experienced noticeable transformations, and its skyline had been transformed by the presence of a new type of building: the factory.