Manuel Llorca Jaña

Jaume Vicens Vives 2013 (VII Edición)

Doctor y Magíster en Historia Económica Internacional por la University of Leicester (Reino Unido). Economista de la Universidad de Santiago de Chile. Actualmente es profesor adjunto de la Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez y de la Universidad de Santiago de Chile, investigador asociado del Centro de Estudios de Historia Política de la Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez e Investigador Fondecyt (Chile). Miembro del comité editorial de Essays in Economic and Business History (EEUU). Ha publicado artículos en diversas revistas, incluyendo Business History, Business History Review, International Journal of Maritime History, Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History, Revista de Historia Económica e Investigaciones de Historia Económica. Ha sido profesor visitante o asociado en Universitat Pompeu Fabra, University of London y University of Leicester. Trabajó por varios años como economista para el Banco Central de Chile y la National Audit Office (Reino Unido).

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Abstract:
This is the first work on British textile exports to South America during the nineteenth century. During this period, textiles ranked among the most important manufactures traded in the world market and Britain was the foremost producer. Thanks to new data, this book demonstrates that British exports to South America were transacted at very high rates during the first decades after independence. This development was due to improvements in the packing of textiles; decreasing costs of production and introduction of free trade in Britain; falling ocean freight rates, marine insurance and import duties in South America; dramatic improvements in communications; and the introduction of better port facilities. Manuel Llorca-Jaña explores the marketing chain of textile exports to South America and sheds light on South Americans’ consumer behaviour. This book contains the most comprehensive database on Anglo-South American trade during the nineteenth century and fills an important gap in the historiography.

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