Spinsters, Gamblers, and Friedrich Engels: The Social Worlds of Money and Expansionism in Argentina, 1860s–1900s.
This article explores the social aspects of steam-age expansionism in Argentina by illuminating two groups often overlooked in standard histories of capitalist investment: the European investors who supplied the funds and the local workers who made capital projects realities. Focusing on the 1860s t...
| Publicado en: | Hispanic American Historical Review Vol. 102; no. 1; pp. 61 - 95 |
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Duke University Press
Feb2022
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