Has Latin America Always Been Unequal? : A Comparative Study of Asset and Income Inequality in the Long Twentieth Century

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.

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Year of publication:	2009 ; 1st ed.
Authors:	Frankema, Ewout
Publisher:	Boston : BRILL
Subject:	Lateinamerika \| Latin America \| Einkommensverteilung \| Income distribution \| Vermögensverteilung \| Wealth distribution \| Vergleich \| Comparison \| Mexiko \| Mexico \| Brasilien \| Brazil \| Kolonialismus \| Colonialism \| Argentinien \| Argentina \| Lohnstruktur \| Wage structure \| Bildungsniveau \| Educational achievement \| Grundeigentum \| Real property \| Sierra Leone \| Sambia \| Zambia \| Malaysia

Extent:	1 online resource (312 pages)
Series:	Global Economic History Ser. ; v.03 Global economic history series ; v. 3
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Language:	English
Notes:	Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources. CONTENTS; List of Tables; List of Figures; List of Tables and Figures in Appendix; Acknowledgements; Chapter One Introduction; PART ONE; Chapter Two The Institutionalisation of Inequality in Colonial Latin America; Chapter Three The Omnipresence of Land Inequality in Post-Colonial Latin America; Chapter Four The Advance of Mass Education: Quantity or Quality?; PART TWO; Chapter Five The Secular Trend of Income Inequality, 1870-2000: Theoretical and Historical Perspectives; Chapter Six Changing Patterns of Factor Income Distribution, 1870-2000 Chapter Seven The Recent Rise of Urban Wage InequalityChapter Eight Conclusion; Appendix; References; Index
ISBN:	978-90-474-2935-7 ; 90-04-17591-1 ; 978-90-04-17591-4 ; 978-90-04-17591-4
Source:	ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW

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