AUGE E INÍCIO DO DECLÍNIO DA ECONOMIA ARGENTINA

Abstract

This paper analyzes the performance of Argentina's economy from the early part until the begin of 20th century. The first part present a periodization to Argentina's economy. The second part focus the period from 1820 to 1870. The third examines the Belle Époque itself, specially featured by the british influence, the constitution of the basis of the country's economy with great appropriation of land for cattle raising, and the creation of the first slaughterhouses. The fourth focuses on depression of 1890/1900 and the banking crisis of 1890. The last focuses on the controversy on the end of the fast economic growth period.