Skip to main content
Search Button
United States Kobo store Gift Cards Help

Rakuten Kobo

Wishlist

Shopping Cart

You're getting the VIP treatment!

Item(s) unavailable for purchase
Please review your cart. You can remove the unavailable item(s) now or we'll automatically remove it at Checkout.
itemsitem
itemsitem

Recommended For You

Loading...


Top Series in United States

Showing 1 - 12 of 12 results for “mariana luzzi”
Skip side bar filters

  • The Dollar

    How the US Dollar Became a Popular Currency in Argentina

    by Ariel Wilkis, Mariana Luzzi ...
    Series series The Americas in the World Series
    Originally published in Argentina in 2019 and now finally available in English, Luzzi and Wilkis’s acclaimed book traces the history of the economic, social, and political relevance of the dollar in Argentina and its popularization over the years.How did the dollar come to play such a leading role in Argentina’s national existence? How and why did this global currency become a local currency on ... Read more

    $64.99 USD

  • Broken Promises?

    The Argentine Crisis and Argentine Democracy

    by Juan Abal Medina, Eric Stener Carlson, Isidoro Cheresky, Damian Corral, Rut Diamint, Ines Gonzalez Bombal, Mariana Luzzi, Jose Nun, Roberto Russell, Marcelo Sain, Jorge Schavarzer, Maristella Svampa, Juan G. Tokatlian ...
    Argentina is still reeling from the worst economic and political crisis to afflict the nation in its modern history. Since December 2001, the country has been through economic depression and bankruptcy, the impoverishment of half the population, a presidency that changed four times in the span of two weeks, and social protests met by state repression that left dozens dead and hundreds injured.What ... Read more

    $46.99 USD

  • Audiobook

    The Dollar

    How the US Dollar Became a Popular Currency in Argentina

    by Mariana Luzzi, Ariel Wilkis ...
    Narrated by Kate Udall ...

    Unabridged

    11 hours 28 min

    Originally published in Argentina in 2019 and now finally available in English, Luzzi and Wilkis's acclaimed book traces the history of the economic, social, and political relevance of the dollar in Argentina and its popularization over the years.How did the dollar come to play such a leading role in Argentina's national existence? How and why did this global currency become a local currency on ... Read more

    $19.99 USD

People who read these also enjoyed

  • Fantasy Island

    Colonialism, Exploitation, and the Betrayal of Puerto Rico

    by Ed Morales ...
    An “urgent, fascinating, and impassioned” (Daniel Immerwahr) history of Puerto Rico’s 122 years as a colony of the United StatesSince its acquisition by the United States in 1898, Puerto Rico has served as a testing ground for the most aggressive and exploitative US economic, political, and social policies.In Fantasy Island, Ed Morales traces how, over the years, Puerto Rico has served as a ... Read more

    $15.99 USD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Decentralization and Popular Democracy

    Governance from Below in Bolivia

    by Jean-Paul Faguet ...
    Bolivia decentralized in an effort to deepen democracy, improve public services, and make government more accountable. Unlike many countries, Bolivia succeeded. Over the past generation, public investment shifted dramatically toward primary services and resource distribution became far more equitable, partly due to the creation of new local governments. Many municipalities responded to ... Read more

    $27.39 USD

  • Open for Business

    Building the New Cuban Economy

    by Richard Feinberg ...
    90 miles off the coast of Florida a new revolution is afoot. This time instead of guerillas marching through the streets of Havana, it is a global economy that will revolutionize Cuba. Now open to the world, how will this nascent economy develop?Open for Business: The Cuban Economy after Castro, Richard Feinberg’s new book, examines the Cuban economy from its long held and outdated economic model ... Read more

    $22.29 USD

  • Brazil Is Not for Amateurs

    Patterns of Governance in the Land of "Jeitinho"

    by Belmiro V. J. Castor ...
    Who should read this book? I cant imagine anyone who would not enjoy and benefit from this insightful overview. Obviously, those with current or future business interests in Brazil should read it, as should anyone planning a visit. Students and scholars interested in the politics, governance or administration of any country, would benefit enormously from studying Belmiros objective and skeptical ... Read more

    $8.69 USD

  • Political Institutions and Economic Growth in Latin America

    Essays in Policy, History, and Political Economy

    by Stephen Haber ...
    Political Institutions and Economic Growth in Latin America offers a new contribution to the literature on institutions and growth through the analysis of historical cases of institutional change and economic growth in Latin America in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. ... Read more

    $18.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Political Economy of Argentina in the Twentieth Century

    by Roberto Cortés Conde ...
    Series Book 92 - Cambridge Latin American Studies
    In this book, Roberto Cortés Conde describes and explains the decline of the Argentine economy in the twentieth century, its evolution, and its consequences. At the beginning of the century, the economy grew at a sustained rate, a modern transport system united the country, a massive influx of immigrants populated the land, and education expanded, leading to a dramatic fall in illiteracy. However, ... Read more

    $43.49 USD

  • Understanding Latin America's Economy in the Twenty-First Century

    by Jeff Dayton-Johnson ...
    Series series Diálogos Series
    A comprehensive, comparative, and regionwide perspective on Latin American economic development spanning the last twenty-five years.Latin America’s economic performance is often depicted as a long sequence of repeated failures, including its contribution to global financial crises as well as its slow growth and intractable inequalities. Its experience in the twenty-first century, however, reveals ... Read more

    $21.99 USD

  • The Economic and Social History of Brazil since 1889

    by Francisco Vidal Luna, Herbert S. Klein ...
    This is the first complete economic and social history of Brazil in the modern period in any language. It provides a detailed analysis of the evolution of the Brazilian society and economy from the end of the empire in 1889 to the present day. The authors elucidate the basic trends that have defined modern Brazilian society and economy. In this period Brazil moved from being a mostly rural ... Read more

    $38.59 USD

  • Peru: Country Program Evaluation for the World Bank Group 2003-2009

    by World Bank ...
    This Peru Country Program Evaluation for the World Bank Group 2003-2009 is part of IEG?s country program evaluation series. To date IEG?s in-depth country evaluations have comprised IEG-WB Country Assistance Evaluations (CAEs) and IEG-IFC Country Impact Reviews (CIRs). Both the CAEs and CIRs have involved comprehensive evaluations of the respective institutions? activities in a country. In a pilot ... Read more

    $11.59 USD