{"product_id":"emerging-el-dorado-eduardo-elena-9780520425873","title":"Emerging El Dorado: Steam Age Expansionism and the Social Worlds of Growth in Argentina","description":"The scramble for distant riches features centrally in the history of the Global South--from the first forays of European imperialists to the recent fascination with emerging markets. In the mid-nineteenth century, fortune hunters turned their attention to Argentina, transforming it into a front line of an expanding West. While accounts of this period often emphasize impersonal economic flows, \u003ci\u003eEmerging El Dorado\u003c\/i\u003e demonstrates that this chase for wealth has a far more multifaceted, dynamic, and human history. In Argentina, it encouraged explosive growth across several fronts--financial, commercial, demographic, territorial. Capitalist routines of accumulation coexisted with get-rich-quick ventures, land grabs, and fraudulent schemes. Eduardo Elena's study profiles the promoters in Argentina and Europe who convinced others that this truly was a \"rising country.\" At the same time, this book investigates the experiences of groups who helped propel expansion, such as migrant families and overseas investors, and those like mixed-race \u003ci\u003epaisanos\/as \u003c\/i\u003eand Indigenous peoples who were deemed obstacles. By exploring these overlapping social worlds, \u003ci\u003eEmerging El Dorado\u003c\/i\u003e sheds new light on the roots of our present-day growth dilemmas.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Eduardo Elena\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0520425871\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780520425873\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of California Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/28\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 415\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback","brand":"Eduardo Elena","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47965511909631,"sku":"9780520425873","price":34.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_96b5d286-f2fd-4dc0-9168-f8004cdf51f3.jpg?v=1767281067","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/emerging-el-dorado-eduardo-elena-9780520425873","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}