Slow Capitalism in Latin America: The Birth of Banking in the Long Nineteenth Century

Carlos Marichal

Cambridge University Press, 2026

Studies in Macroeconomic History

A comparative history of banking, credit and economic development in Latin America, from the late colonial period to the First World War.

Open Access · Read the book free on Cambridge Core.

Editorial placeholder · Draft only

Original book cover

Awaiting the authentic Cambridge University Press cover and its supplied artwork attribution. No substitute artwork has been used.

Banking in historical perspective

Banking, credit, capitalism, politics and economic development—from the late colonial period to the First World War.

Slow Capitalism in Latin America approaches these subjects through comparative history, challenging simplistic narratives of Latin American failure.

The book places the birth of banking within a longer historical account of the region’s economic development.

The Open Access edition

Read Carlos Marichal’s book on its official Cambridge Core page, free of charge.

Editorial note · A separate PDF link will be added only after its direct destination and free access have been verified.