History of technology in nineteenth and twentieth century Latin America

2020/02/19 by J. Justin Castro · 1 citation
Arts and Humanities · Economics, Econometrics and Finance · #Historical Studies and Socio-cultural Analysis #Historical Economic and Social Studies #History, Culture, and Diplomacy

paper · doi:10.1111/hic3.12609

openalex publication_date 2020/02/19 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/05/21

Abstract

Abstract This essay focuses on recent trends in the history of technology in nineteenth and twentieth century Latin America. It emphasizes the English‐language historiography, especially economic, social, cultural, and political approaches. The essay argues that historians, using sociocultural and political discourses that often stress local and national innovations, inequities, and political wrangling, need to work in greater dialog with economic historians and science and technology scholars in order to create much needed synthesis works for the field.

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