Publication: La historia económica en Uruguay: desarrollo y perspectivas
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1999
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Marcial Pons : Centro de Estudios Constitucionales
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Este artículo aborda el desarrollo reciente de la Historia Económica en
Uruguay, particularmente los aspectos de conformación institucional y las
lineas teórico-metodológicas y temáticas predominantes. Después de identificar
una etapa fundacional de la disciplina entre 1960 y 1985 se realiza una
evaluación del desarrollo reciente, al que se caracteriza como un período de
dispersión, refundación y especialización. Se concluye que, a pesar de que
la Historia Económica perdió su papel de nudeador de las ciencias sociales
y de que el número relativo de sus cultores ha disminuido, la disciplina ha
experimentado un proceso de consolidación institucional y organizativa. Éste
abarca la formación especializada a nivel de posgrados, un estrecho relacionamiento
con la comunidad internacional y el esfuerzo por combinar el conocimiento
histórico con el rigor teórico y metodológico. Sobre estas bases se
ha venido incrementando la producción y es de esperar que la disciplina vuelva
a ganar un lugar importante en la vida académica.
This paper is concerned with recent development of Economic History in Uruguay. It focuses on its institutional features as well as on the prevailing theoretical and methodological approaches and research topics. A foundational period 1960-1985 is shortly reviewed. Recent development is thereafter discussed and characterised as one of dispersión, re-foundation and specialisation. The paper concludes that, notwithstanding Economic History loosed its central place and weight among the social sciences, the discipline has gone through a process of institutional and organisational strengthening. This embraces specialised graduate education, fluent relationships to the intemational community and an attempt to combine historical knowledge with rigorous treatinent of theory and method. On this basis, the production of more and better facts has been increasing and, hopefully, the discipline may regain an outstanding place in academic life.
This paper is concerned with recent development of Economic History in Uruguay. It focuses on its institutional features as well as on the prevailing theoretical and methodological approaches and research topics. A foundational period 1960-1985 is shortly reviewed. Recent development is thereafter discussed and characterised as one of dispersión, re-foundation and specialisation. The paper concludes that, notwithstanding Economic History loosed its central place and weight among the social sciences, the discipline has gone through a process of institutional and organisational strengthening. This embraces specialised graduate education, fluent relationships to the intemational community and an attempt to combine historical knowledge with rigorous treatinent of theory and method. On this basis, the production of more and better facts has been increasing and, hopefully, the discipline may regain an outstanding place in academic life.
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La Historia Económica en Latinoamérica. Edición a cargo de Pablo Martín Aceña, Adolfo Meisel, Carlos Newland.
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Revista de Historia Económica Año XVII 1999 Especial pp. 77--100