Manuel Llorca-Jaña – författare

London merchant bankers emerged during the 1820s in the wake of financial turmoil caused by the wars of American Independence, the Napoleonic campaigns and the Anglo-American war of 1812. Though the majority of merchant bankers remained cautious in their affairs, Huth & Co established an impressive global network of trade and lending, dealing with over 6,000 correspondents in more than seventy countries. Based on archival research, this comparative study provides a new chronology of early nineteenth-century commercial and financial expansion.Huth & Co. were truly market-makers and key intermediaries of commodities and capital flows in the international economy. This is an important example of a firm shaping globalisation well before the transport and communication revolution of the last quarter of the nineteenth century. But rather than a case study, this is a comparative study concerned with the commercial and financial activities of the leading merchant-bankers of the periodThis book will be of great interest to business and economic historians interested in the nature of the early decades of the first globalization.

Drawing on anthropometric data, this book examines the evolution of biological living standards of Latin American populations and evaluates the inequality of nutrition and health in the region in the modern era.Utilising data from the 19th and 20th centuries, and providing broad coverage of Latin America, the chapters analyse the following topics: the evolution of stature before and after independence; the effects of economic modernisation since the 1870s and 1880s, that were accompanied by profound political, demographic, epidemiological and environmental changes that affected biological well-being of the population; the trend and evolution of anthropometric measures associated with nutritional, demographic and epidemiological transitions; the prevalence of malnutrition associated with stunting and obesity in traditional and modern societies, both rural and urban; the reduction or expansion of regional, social, income and educational differences in biological living standards as measured by mean heights; and the evolution of stature sexual dimorphism and the comparative importance of nutritional inequality by race and gender. The book highlights, on the one hand, the importance of anthropometric indicators to analyse living standards and human well-being in historical perspective and, on the other hand, the value of an interdisciplinary approach in examining questions of human growth and biological wellbeing.The book will be of great interest to readers in economic history, Latin American history and studies and the history of inequality and living standards.

Drawing on anthropometric data, this book examines the evolution of biological living standards of Latin American populations and evaluates the inequality of nutrition and health in the region in the modern era.Utilising data from the 19th and 20th centuries, and providing broad coverage of Latin America, the chapters analyse the following topics: the evolution of stature before and after independence; the effects of economic modernisation since the 1870s and 1880s, that were accompanied by profound political, demographic, epidemiological and environmental changes that affected biological well-being of the population; the trend and evolution of anthropometric measures associated with nutritional, demographic and epidemiological transitions; the prevalence of malnutrition associated with stunting and obesity in traditional and modern societies, both rural and urban; the reduction or expansion of regional, social, income and educational differences in biological living standards as measured by mean heights; and the evolution of stature sexual dimorphism and the comparative importance of nutritional inequality by race and gender. The book highlights, on the one hand, the importance of anthropometric indicators to analyse living standards and human well-being in historical perspective and, on the other hand, the value of an interdisciplinary approach in examining questions of human growth and biological wellbeing.The book will be of great interest to readers in economic history, Latin American history and studies and the history of inequality and living standards.

Drawing on anthropometric data, this book examines the evolution of biological living standards of Latin American populations and evaluates the inequality of nutrition and health in the region in the modern era.Utilising data from the 19th and 20th centuries, and providing broad coverage of Latin America, the chapters analyse the following topics: the evolution of stature before and after independence; the effects of economic modernisation since the 1870s and 1880s, that were accompanied by profound political, demographic, epidemiological and environmental changes that affected biological well-being of the population; the trend and evolution of anthropometric measures associated with nutritional, demographic and epidemiological transitions; the prevalence of malnutrition associated with stunting and obesity in traditional and modern societies, both rural and urban; the reduction or expansion of regional, social, income and educational differences in biological living standards as measured by mean heights; and the evolution of stature sexual dimorphism and the comparative importance of nutritional inequality by race and gender. The book highlights, on the one hand, the importance of anthropometric indicators to analyse living standards and human well-being in historical perspective and, on the other hand, the value of an interdisciplinary approach in examining questions of human growth and biological wellbeing.The book will be of great interest to readers in economic history, Latin American history and studies and the history of inequality and living standards.

London merchant bankers emerged during the 1820s in the wake of financial turmoil caused by the wars of American Independence, the Napoleonic campaigns and the Anglo-American war of 1812. Though the majority of merchant bankers remained cautious in their affairs, Huth & Co established an impressive global network of trade and lending, dealing with over 6,000 correspondents in more than seventy countries. Based on archival research, this comparative study provides a new chronology of early nineteenth-century commercial and financial expansion.Huth & Co. were truly market-makers and key intermediaries of commodities and capital flows in the international economy. This is an important example of a firm shaping globalisation well before the transport and communication revolution of the last quarter of the nineteenth century. But rather than a case study, this is a comparative study concerned with the commercial and financial activities of the leading merchant-bankers of the periodThis book will be of great interest to business and economic historians interested in the nature of the early decades of the first globalization.

Throughout the twentieth century, the Chilean business elite has played a central role in the country, not just as entrepreneurs but also as political and social actors. The chapters in this book, the first in English on the history of Chilean business, focus on the importance of diversified family business groups in twentieth-century Chile, their dynamics, organisation, and management, and their interaction with foreign investors and the state. Using a range of company and government archives, as well as other contemporary sources in Chile, Britain, and the United States, the individual authors pay particular attention to many key topics: the evolution of the Edwards family businesses, those of Pascual Baburizza, Chilean corporate networks, British firms in the nitrate industry, the Anglo South American Bank, the Copec group, Compañía Explotadora de Tierra del Fuego, the energy sector, SOFOFA (the industrialists’ association), and the recent growth of Chilean multinationals.

A pesar de la importancia de la empresa y su rol social en el desarrollo de nuestro país, no existe una tradición que permita acceder a su historia y evolución. El análisis sobre el rol de los empresarios como sujetos y de las empresas como organizaciones sociales resulta relevante para entender el Chile actual. Esta historia empresarial en caso alguno pretende ensalzar la figura del empresario, sino más bien entender cómo los mismos, o sus empresas, se comportan. No existe en Chile una cultura empresarial que busque preservar archivos y dar libre acceso a investigadores sobre su historia, que permitan entenderla y estudiarla. De ahí la falta de bibliografía en castellano sobre el tema. Este es un libro que viene a llenar un vacío historiográfico y que permite promover la investigación y la enseñanza de la historia empresarial en la academia chilena, donde ha sido largamente ignorada y desplazada por la historia social y política de nuestro país.

Este es el primer manual de historia económica de Chile colonial, y consta de 13 capítulos. Está dirigido a estudiantes de pregrado y posgrado, pero dada la claridad y simplicidad de su escritura, también es accesible a un público general, interesado en nuestra historia colonial y su devenir económico. Todos los capítulos de este libro fueron escritos por especialistas nacionales y su contenido cubre una amplia variedad de temas de la historia económica colonial de Chile. Entre ellos, este compendio incluye un análisis de la demografía colonial, así como del comercio interior y exterior (junto con el importante rol de los comerciantes). También se revisan los patrones de consumo y de la evolución de los niveles de vida (incorporando variables novedosas como estatura y alfabetización numérica). A nivel sectorial, se examina la estructura y evolución de la minería, la agricultura y la viticultura. Se profundiza además en otras importantes materias, como el pensamiento económico de la época, el sistema crediticio imperante, la fiscalidad y real hacienda, los transportes y las comunicaciones, la economía mapuche y los sistemas de trabajo y vivencias de los-las trabajadores-as.Esta colección de ensayos constituye una excelente introducción a los desarrollos sociales y económicos más importantes de Chile colonial. Estoy seguro de que se convertirá en una guía fundamental para estudiar este periodo, tanto para estudiantes como para académicos.Herbert S. KleinColumbia University y Stanford University

Desde la colonia hasta nuestros días, esta obra explora diversos casos de liderazgo empresarial femenino en Chile. Un compendio único en América Latina, que ofrece un conjunto de investigaciones de destacadas académicas acerca del rol de las mujeres como empresarias o ejecutivas, en diversos ámbitos y circunstancias a lo largo de nuestra historia. El uso de fuentes inexploradas a la fecha dota al libro de un carácter inédito, y permite revisar antecedentes sobre los diversos vehículos que permitieron o facilitaron el ejercicio de la autonomía económica de la mujer en un pasado no muy distante, mostrando cómo, a pesar del patriarcado imperante, y de otros obstáculos, la actividad empresarial femenina ha sido más común e importante de lo que tendemos a asumir en base a la evidencia fragmentaria hasta ahora disponible. Así, este libro salda una gran deuda de la historiografía respecto a los factores contextuales e individuales que han permitido a la mujer chilena, a lo largo de la historia, asumir roles de liderazgo empresarial, contribuyendo a la historia del género en Chile.

This book summarizes three decades of research in Iberian and Latin American anthropometric history, employing the most up-to-date methodologies in the field. Through a comparative and interdisciplinary approach, it examines the evolution of biological living standards in several Iberian and Latin American populations during the contemporary era, drawing on anthropometric data and its key determinants. The volume comprises nine long-term country studies—Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Guatemala, Mexico, Peru, Portugal, and Spain—alongside an introduction and a comparative analysis. Being recognized experts on this field of study, the authors collectively display the knowledge gained in Anthropometric History in last twenty years.This edited collection highlights the value of anthropometric indicators for analyzing living standards and human well-being from a historical perspective and demonstrates the importance of interdisciplinary research in understanding human growth and biological welfare. Its findings explore the determinants of human physical development through various historical transitions, including nation-state formation, economic growth, and the expansion of public goods, as well as the long-term evolution of inequality in biological living standards across Iberian and Latin American contexts.