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Revista de Historia Industrial. Economía y Empresa
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ISSN (Print) 1132-7200 - ISSN (Online) 2385-3247
Published by Universitat de Barcelona

[57 journals]

Electricity and the role of the state: New Zealand and Uruguay before
state-led development (1870-1930)
- Authors: Reto Bertoni, Henry Willebald
  Pages: 11 - 44
  Abstract: The configuration of a “modern” production structure requires there to be sufficient en-ergy supply at competitive costs. Since the last third of the nineteenth century, coal produc-tion and better natural conditions for generating electric energy at low cost explain – at least partially – the differences in favour of New Zealand with respect to Uruguay. However, in-stitutional arrangements are another relevant factor of differentiation. Our argument is based on the concept of endogeneity of natural resources, and we use it to prove the differ-ent roles of states in electricity systems: state intervention aimed at improving welfare con-ditions in Uruguay without paying enough attention to aspects related to production condi-tions; while, in New Zealand, productive development was the focus of public action. As a result, a more extensive and denser electrical network was consolidated in New Zealand which, potentially, would have created better conditions in terms of diversification and ru-ral production.
  PubDate: 2023-03-14
  DOI: 10.1344/rhiihr.37856
  Issue No: Vol. 32, No. 87 (2023)
Migration, Bankers, and Social Capital. The Rise of a Basque “Industrial
Cowboy” in the American West: John Etchart, 1900-1943
- Authors: Iker Saitua
  Pages: 45 - 80
  Abstract: The present article contributes to the general topics of migration, banking and social capital. It analyzes the business career of John Etchart in the American West from 1900 to 1943; from being a wage-earning sheepherder to becoming one of the most prosperous stockmen in Montana. The biography-centered approach is patterned after the work of other scholars who have studied ranching businesses with emphasis on the dynamic individuals behind the companies. The biography of John Etchart offers a window into important issues for the study of Basque immigration and sheep industry in the West. Etchart’s story exemplifies the Basque immigrant’s climb up the agricultural ladder that involved the emergence of partnerships within the Basque community. Etchart is also tied to the creation and development of cooperative initiatives among woolgrowers beyond the Basque community. Finally, the Etchart history enhances understandings of the various business practices undertaken by livestock outfits in Montana in the 1920s and 1930s.
  PubDate: 2023-03-14
  DOI: 10.1344/rhiihr.37987
  Issue No: Vol. 32, No. 87 (2023)
Institutional constraints to the development of the Spanish fishing sector
(18th and 19th centuries)
- Authors: Ernesto López Losa
  Pages: 81 - 109
  Abstract: Before the steam era, technological limitations restricted the capacity to catch and market fish. Furthermore, a restrictive institutional framework hindered the performance of the Spanish fishing industry. High manufacturing costs attributed to the salt monopoly, restrictions on labour supply caused by the Matrícula de Mar (Maritime Registry), and contradictory legislation contributed to reduced labour participation and investment. The fishing industry was only free from institutional constraints after a long process of dismantling the maritime-fishing regulations of the Ancien Régime at the end of the nineteenth century.
  PubDate: 2023-03-14
  DOI: 10.1344/rhiihr.36781
  Issue No: Vol. 32, No. 87 (2023)
The role of economic policy and foreign investment: product innovation in
the Spanish metalgraphic industry (1959-1975)
- Authors: Jesús Giráldez Rivero, Pedro Varela-Vázquez
  Pages: 111 - 144
  Abstract: The stabilization and liberalization of the Spanish economy, a period of external openness and structural change stimulated the process of rationalization of canning processes. The penetration of foreign capital and companies with more efficient technologies than those existing in Spain led to far-reaching changes in canning techniques. In this regard, we show how changes in economic policy and foreign direct investment can lead to sectoral and industrial structure upgrading. This article focuses on the manufacture of metal packaging, specifically on the so-called "liquid rubber", a key input for the automation of its production and the tightness of its closure. A successful case of imitation of foreign techniques and adaptation to the characteristics of the Spanish market, but also of linkage to the international packaging oligopoly and internationalization.
  PubDate: 2023-03-14
  DOI: 10.1344/rhiihr.39163
  Issue No: Vol. 32, No. 87 (2023)
Bank, credit and industrial promotion: accomplishments of the state bank
during Uruguay`s industrialization, 1941-1959
- Authors: Cecilia Moreira
  Pages: 145 - 179
  Abstract: This paper studies lending to the industrial sector by the Banco de la República Oriental del Uruguay (BROU), the main state bank during the years in which the Uruguayan government pursued a defined industrialization strategy and promoted the sector with an array of economic policies. In particular, specialized credit to the productive sectors is examined, especially to industry, with the understanding that this lending was different from regular bank credit, and thus contributed to promoting the industrial sector. This study was carried out through an examination of primary sources from the institution, compiling information on the relative importance of each of its functions and characterizing the Industrial Credit. The paper shows that in these years the BROU effectively increases its role as a development bank, expanding and deepening its support of the industrial sector, to the detriment of some of its other functions.
  PubDate: 2023-03-14
  DOI: 10.1344/rhiihr.37920
  Issue No: Vol. 32, No. 87 (2023)
Luiz Eduardo Simões De Souza y Maria de Fátima Silva Do Carmo Previdelli
(orgs.). 2022. História econômica do Brasil contemporâneo. Niterói /
São Paulo: Eduff / Hucitec, 552 pp.
- Authors: Fabio Farias de Moraes
  Pages: 183 - 193
  Abstract: Luiz Eduardo Simões De Souza y Maria de Fátima Silva Do Carmo Previdelli (orgs.). 2022. História econômica do Brasil contemporâneo. Niterói / São Paulo: Eduff / Hucitec, 552 pp.
  PubDate: 2023-03-14
  Issue No: Vol. 32, No. 87 (2023)
Ricardo Robledo. 2022. La tierra es vuestra. La reforma agraria. Un
problema no resuelto. España: 1900-1950. Barcelona: Ediciones Pasado y
Presente, 611 pp.
- Authors: Luis Garrido-González
  Pages: 195 - 198
  Abstract: Ricardo Robledo. 2022. La tierra es vuestra. La reforma agraria. Un problema no resuelto. España: 1900-1950. Barcelona: Ediciones Pasado y Presente, 611 pp.
  PubDate: 2023-03-14
  Issue No: Vol. 32, No. 87 (2023)
Rafael Vallejo Pousada. 2021. Historia del Turismo en España 1928-1962.
Economía, política y administración turística. Madrid: Sílex, 742 pp.
- Authors: Elvira Lindoso Tato
  Pages: 199 - 201
  Abstract: Rafael Vallejo Pousada. 2021. Historia del Turismo en España 1928-1962. Economía, política y administración turística. Madrid: Sílex, 742 pp.
  PubDate: 2023-03-14
  Issue No: Vol. 32, No. 87 (2023)
Josep Colomé-Ferrer; Jordi Planas y Raimon Soler- Becerro (coords.).
2022. Vins, aiguardents i caves. La comercialització de la producció
vinícola catalana (segles xviii-xxi). Tarragona / Vilafranca del
Penedès: Universitat Rovira i Virgili / Vinseum-Muse
- Authors: Juan Piqueras Haba
  Pages: 203 - 205
  Abstract: Josep Colomé-Ferrer; Jordi Planas y Raimon Soler-Becerro (coords.). 2022. Vins, aiguardents i caves. La comercialització de la producció vinícola catalana (segles xviii-xxi). Tarragona / Vilafranca del Penedès: Universitat Rovira i Virgili / Vinseum-Museu de les Cultures del Vi de Cataluña, 308 pp.
  PubDate: 2023-03-14
  Issue No: Vol. 32, No. 87 (2023)
Jesús María Valdaliso (dir.); Carlos Alvarado García y Patricia
Suárez. 2022. Nortegas (1845-2021): Historia de la industria del gas en
el Norte de España. Madrid: Marcial Pons, 542 pp.
- Authors: Mercedes Fernández Paradas
  Pages: 207 - 210
  Abstract: Jesús María Valdaliso (dir.); Carlos Alvarado García y Patricia Suárez. 2022. Nortegas (1845-2021): Historia de la industria del gas en el Norte de España. Madrid: Marcial Pons, 542 pp.
  PubDate: 2023-03-14
  Issue No: Vol. 32, No. 87 (2023)

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