RT Journal Article
T1 Mexico's foreign trade in a turbulent era (1821-1870): a reconstruction
A1 Kuntz Ficker, Sandra
A1 Tena Junguito, Antonio
AB In 1821 Mexico achieved its independence from Spain. What happened in the following 50 years has become a field of dispute for economic historians. The lack of reliable quantitative information in many fields of economic activity has led to contrasting interpretations, none of which has been accepted as definitive. The aim of this paper is to reconstruct the yearly values of Mexico's foreign trade in that period, with the purpose of providing elements to start filling this significant gap in Mexico's historiography. It relies on official trade statistics and consular reports from Mexico's main trading partners. It provides new series of imports and (commodity and specie) exports, and a provisional view of the balance of trade for most of the 1821-1870 period.
SN 0212-6109
YR 2018
FD 2018-03-01
LK https://hdl.handle.net/10016/31005
UL https://hdl.handle.net/10016/31005
LA eng
DS e-Archivo
RD 27 jul. 2024