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Alejandra Irigoin

Assistant Professor

Phone: 609-771-2796

E-mail: irigoin@tcnj.edu

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PhD, London School of Economics, 2000

A native of Argentina who has most recently taught in
Spain, she is a specialist on Latin American economic history.

Publications

  • with R. Schmit (eds.), La desintegración de la economía Colonial: Comercio y moneda en el interior del espacio Rioplatense, 1800-1860 [The Disintegration of the Colonial Economy in
    the River Plate area, 1800-1860] (Biblos, 2003)
  • "Making a National Market: the Argentine at mid-nineteenth century," in R. Miller & C. Lewis (eds.), Markets, Consumption and Trade in Latin America, 1750-1950 (Institute of Latin American Studies, forthcoming)
  • "Passing the Buck: Monetary and Fiscal Policies," jointly with G. della Paolera & C.G. Bozzoli, in G. della Paolera & A. Taylor (eds.), Argentina: Essays in the New Economic History (Cambridge Univ.
    Press, 2003), 28-68
  • "Inconvertible Paper Money, Inflation and Economic Performance in Early Nineteenth Century Argentina," Journal of Latin American Studies , 32 (May 2000), 333-59
  • "Bargaining for Absolutism: A Spanish path to nation-state and empire building",/Hispanic American Historical Review/,(Duke University Press) forthcoming

An electronic version of the article is available from the Oxford
University Discussion Papers in Economic and Social History series, # 65
November 2006.

  • "The Spanish Empire and its Legacy: Fiscal redistribution and political conflict in colonial and post-colonial Latin America". (jointly with Regina Grafe)/Journal of Global History/ (Cambridge University Press) Vol 1, #2 pp.241-267

A longer version plus data and appendix in Global Economic History Network - LSE working paper series #23-06 (2006)

 

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