Chimneys in the Desert

"Fernando Rocchi has written a very important, carefully researched, and persuasive account of the missing link in Argentina...This book is a milestone on Argentine history and Latin American historical political economy." -- <I>American Historical Review</I> "Rocchi's exemplary study plays the invaluable role of stimulating a new, more vigorous and more empirically-grounded debate on an old but immensely important subject." -- <I>The Americas</I> "A must for anyone interested in Argentine history and economic development" -- <I>CHOICE</I> "[Rocchi's] work is wide ranging, well written and extremely perceptive. . . . [He] has given us an excellent work that has reshaped our vision of early industrialization in Argentina. . . . Like all good books, this should inspire further research." -- <I>EH.net</I> "[Rocchi's] work is wide ranging, well written, and highly perceptive...Anyone interested in the problematic history of the Argentine economy will find it a stimulating and convincing work." -- <I>The Journal of Economic History</I> "Chimneys in the Desert is a provocative study destined to become required reading for students of the history of industrial growth and of 'flawed' modernization." -- <I>Economic History Review</I> "I recommend this book to anyone seeking a more detailed examination of Latin America's early industrial experience and to those Argentina aficionados still seeking an explanation of the enigma that is Argentine development." -- <I>Journal of Latin American Geography</I>

Fernando Rocchi is Associate Professor and Chair of the Department of History at the University of Torcuato Di Tella, Argentina.

@fmct:Contents @toc4:List of Figures iii List of Tables iii Acknowledgments iii Abbreviations iii @toc2:Introduction: Industrialization in an Agrarian Economy 000 1. The First Factories: The Dawn of Argentine Industry, 1870s1890s 000 2. The Market as an Object of Desire: The Rise of Domestic Industrial Consumption 000 3. The Victory of Big Business: Industrial Growth in the First Decades of the Twentieth Century 000 4. Only One Argentina: The Creation of a National Market for Manufactured Goods 000 5. Tension and Harmony in the Industrial Family: Entrepreneurs and Workers in Argentina's Factories 000 6. Money and Factories: The Myths and Realities of Industrial Financing 000 7. The Empire of Pragmatism: Politics and Industry in the Period 18801930 000 A Midway Industrialization: Concluding Remarks 000 @toc4:Appendices 000 Notes 000 Bibliography 000 Index 000