El poder financiero de la gran minería boliviana
By: Juan Albarracín Millán.
Series: Los republicanos en la historia de Bolivia ;; v. 2
Publisher: Ediciones AKAPANA
Published: 1995
Place of publication: La Paz, Bolivia
Language: spa
Number of pages: 327
Subjects: Mineral industries -- Bolivia -- History.; Elite (Social sciences) -- Bolivia.; Power (Social sciences) -- Bolivia.; Bolivia -- Politics and government.
Description: "By documenting the rise of Simón I. Patiño, who dominated 20th-century Bolivian tin production,  shows how the state fell under the financial power of the tin barons. The Bolivian state concentrated almost exclusively on mining, to the detriment of other economic and social sectors"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 58.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 323-327) and index.