Tales of Two Cities: Race and Economic Culture in Early Republican North and South America

by Camilla Townsend

Book Overview

The United States' and the countries of Latin America were all colonised by Europeans yet in terms of economic development, the US far outstripped Latin America in the 19th century. Observers have often tried to account for this disparity, many of them claiming that differences in cultural attitudes toward work explain the US's greater prosperity. In this study, Townsend challenges the traditional view that North Americans succeeded because of the...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0292781679
• ISBN13: 9780292781672
• Release Date: May 2000
• Publisher: University of Texas Press
• Length: 344 Pages
• Weight: 1.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.2" x 9.2"