Time and Space

Daniel A. Tirado-Fabregat is Professor of Economic History at the University of València, Spain. His broad research interests include the historical roots of regional economic development and inequality. Marc Badia-Miró is Associate Professor of Economic History at the University of Barcelona, Spain. His research interests refer to economic geography, trade and natural resources in historical perspective, mainly focused on Latin America.Henry Willebald is Professor in Economic History at the Universidad de la República, Uruguay. His research interests refer to modern economic growth in settler economies and Latin American countries, focused on inequality, productive specialization, natural resources and sustainability.

• Chapter 1: Introduction-Time, space and economics in the history of Latin America.- Chapter 2: Comparing different estimation methodologies of regional GDPs in Latin American countries.- Chapter 3:Productive and regional development policies in Latin America since 1890.- Chapter 4: Regional inequality in Latin American countries.- Chapter 4.1:  Growth and convergence among Argentine provinces since 1895.- Chapter 4.2: From West to East: Bolivian Regional GDPs since the 1950s. A story of natural resources and infrastructure.- Chapter 4.3: The evolution of regional income inequality in Brazil, 1872-2015.- Chapter 4.4: Spatial inequality in Chile in the long run: a paradox of extreme concentration in absence of agglomeration forces (1890-2017).- Chapter 4.5: Regional Economic Inequality in Colombia, 1926-2018.- Chapter 4.6: Regional GDP in Mexico, 1895-2010.- Chapter 4.7: Peruvian regional inequality: 1847-2017.- Chapter 4.8:Patterns of regional income distribution in Uruguay (1872-2012):  a story of agglomeration, natural resources and public policies.- Chapter 4.9: Was the oil sown evenly? Long-term patterns of regional inequality in Venezuela (1881-2011).- Chapter 5: Spatial Inequality in Latin America (1895-2010): convergence and clusters in a long-run approach.- Chapter 6: Regional inequality in Latin America: does it mirror the European pattern?.