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Neither the effects of the Great Depression on the Mexican economy nor the latter’s general performance during the 1930s have been clearly established in the literature. Perhaps one of the few agreements in the historiography of this period is that the structure of the economy suffered a fundamental change and that the basis was laid for postwar development.
The basic ideas of this chapter were taken from parts of my doctoral dissertation. I am deeply indebted to Carlos Diaz Alejandro, Albert Fishlow, Leopoldo Solís and to the participants of the two conferences on the ‘Effects of the Great Depression on Latin America’. Naturally, they are not responsible for any remaining errors that may have survived their comments. I am grateful to Rosemary Thorp for having invited me to participate in the conferences and to the Social Science Research Council for providing financial support to do so. My thanks also to Elia Solis, who typed the manuscript with proficiency and speed.
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Cárdenas, E. (1984). The Great Depression and Industrialisation The Case of Mexico. In: Thorp, R. (eds) Latin America in the 1930s. St Antony’s Series. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-17554-3_9
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