Historia de la Revolución Hispano - Americana, 3

"Carefully researched study of the economic impact of the Chilean occupation of Lima during the War of the Pacific. Looks at banking and the roles of emerging Spanish and Chinese merchants. Concludes that the economic 'ruin' of Lima by the end of the occupation was nearly complete. Suggests that the economic issues of the Chilean occupation were so profound that they played a significant role in delaying the final settlement of the War of the Pacific claims until 1929"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 58.

Se revisa las profundas transformaciones experimentadas por la institucionalidad del Estado para flexibilizar las rigidas estructuras de un poder publico omnipresente; la apertura de los mercados hacia el exterior; significativas reformas en todos los planos de la actividad economica, en campos de las areas laboral y previsional y de la reforma de la legislacion portuaria; descentralizacion de las decisiones economicas; apertura de un efectivo mercado de capitales, liberalizacion de la mineria. Todo el nuevo orden de convivencia nacional.

Describes the career of a young man during the 1851 Chilean Revolution. Includes glossary and notes for learning Spanish.

"Christián Larroulet, Juan Andrés Fontaine, Andrés Concha, Patricia Matte, Rosa Camhi, Antonio Sancho, Mercedes Cifuentes, Claudio Osorio, Juan Eduardo Errázuriz, and Rosanna Costa describe the macroeconomic policies, the reforms in education, health and justice, the infrastructure requirements, the new export phase, and the policies to remove poverty and establish an efficient State, which are necessary to advance a free society during the new era of Chilean democracy"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 57.