Frontier Development - Land, Labour, Capital on Wheatlands of Argentina Canada 1890 1914

Zusatztext Adelman presents his case forcefully! with many novel details. He is particularly interesting on the difficulties of prairie dry farming. Klappentext This is a scholarly and stimulating study of settlement and expansion on the frontier lands in Canada and Argentina during their golden years of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Jeremy Adelman challenges many of the assumptions made about the economic 'success' of North America and the 'failure' of Latin America. Based on extensive primary research in Argentina, Canada, and Britain, Dr Adelman's book points to the central importance of property relations in economic history. The distribution, control, and use of land, labour, and capital shaped these emerging economies. At the centre of the analysis is the development of family farming in Canada, and large estates in Argentina. Each system presented opportunities and posed costs - Argentine estates proving more efficient than hitherto argued, while Canadian farms involved high social and economic costs. The approach taken here suggests directions for future research for comparative historians. Zusammenfassung This is a scholarly and stimulating study of settlement and expansions on the frontier lands in Canada and Argentina during their `Golden Years' of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Jeremy Adelman challenges many of the assumptions made about the economic `success' of North America and the `failure' of Latin America.Based on extensive primary research in Argentina, Canada, and Britain, Dr Adelman's book points to the central importance of property relations in economic history. The distribution, control, and use of land, labour, and capital shaped these emerging economies. At the centre of the analysis is the development of family farming in Canada, and large estates in Argentina. Each system presented opportunities and posed costs - Argentine estates proving more efficient than hitherto argueed, while Canadian farms involved high social and economic costs. The approach taken here suggests directions for future research for comparative historians....

Product details

• Authors: Jeremy Adelman, Jeremy (Assistant Professor of History Adelman, Adelman Jeremy, Jeremy Adleman
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 21.07.1994
• EAN: 9780198204411
• ISBN: 978-0-19-820441-1
• No. of pages: 338
• Series: Oxford Historical Monographs; Oxford Historical Monographs
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Business > Miscellaneous; Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, Canada, Argentina, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economic History, 20th Century, HISTORY / Canada / Pre-Confederation (to 1867), HISTORY / Latin America / South America, HISTORY / Canada / Post-Confederation (1867-), c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, Economic history, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, History of the Americas