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Between a Rock and a Softer Place: Reflections on Some Recent Economic History of Latin America

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Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 October 2022

Paul Gootenberg
Paul Gootenberg*
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Stony Brook University
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Latin American Research Review , Volume 39 , Issue 2 , June 2004 , pp. 239 - 257
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Thanks to Eric Hershberg and Susan Gauss for valued feedback.

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