Lewis, Colin M.

Professor Emeritus Colin M. Lewis  

Department

Position held

Professor Emeritus of Latin American Economic History

 

Experience keywords:

Argentina; Brazil; British business and the Argentine; Latin America; Latin American industrial growth; economic policy; inter-war period; political economy, state-making and fiscal policy - Latin America; social policy; social welfare and social policy - Brazil and the Argentine; state formation

Countries and regions to which research relates:

Argentina; Brazil

Languages:

Portuguese [Spoken: Intermediate, Written: Basic]; Spanish [Spoken: Intermediate, Written: Intermediate]

Media experience:

Radio

Contact Points

LSE phone number:

+44 (0)20 7955 7065

Publications

2013

Lewis, Colin M. (2013) 'Colonial' industry and 'modern' manufacturing: opportunities for labour-intensive growth in Latin America, c.1800-1940 In: Austin, Gareth and Sugihara, Kaoru, (eds.) Labour-Intensive Industrialization in Global History. Routledge, Abingdon, UK. ISBN 9780415455527

2009

Lewis, Colin M. and Lloyd-Sherlock, Peter (2009) Social policy and economic development in South America: an historical approach to social insurance Economy and Society, 38 (1). 109-131. ISSN 1469-5766

2008

Lewis, Colin M. (2008) Modernisation and industrialisation In: Holloway, Thomas H., (ed.) A Companion to Latin American History. Wiley Blackwell, Oxford, UK, 285-306. ISBN 978-1405131612

Lewis, Colin M. (2008) Britain, the Argentine and informal empire: rethinking the role of railway companies In: Brown, Mattew, (ed.) Informal Empire in Latin America: Culture, Commerce and Capital . Bulletin of Latin American research book series. Wiley-Blackwell, Oxford, UK, 99-123. ISBN 9781405179324

Lewis, Colin M. (2008) Britain, Argentina and informal empire In: Brown, Matthew, (ed.) Informal Empire in Latin America: Culture, Commerce and Capital. The bulletin of Latin American research book series (2). Wiley-Blackwell, London, UK, 99-123. ISBN 9781405179324

Lewis, Colin M. (2008) Fiscal policy and external constraints: state credibility, taxation, public goods and the budget In: Sanchez-Ancochea, Diego and Morgan, Iwan, (eds.) The Political Economy of the Public Budget in the Americas. Institute for the Study of the Americas, London, UK, 33-59. ISBN 9781900039949

2005

Lewis, Colin M. (2005) States and markets in Latin America: the political economy of economic intervention Working Papers of the Global Economic History Network (GEHN), 09/05. Department of Economic History, London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK.

2004

Lewis, Colin M. (2004) States and markets in Latin America: the rise and decline of economic interventionism In: Lears, Jackson and van Scherpenberg, Jens, (eds.) Culture of Economy: Economics of Culture. Universitätsverlag Winter, Heidelberg, Germany, 32-58. ISBN 9783825315368

Lewis, Colin M. (2004) States and markets in Latin America, the rise and decline of economic interventionism In: Lears, Jackson and Scherpenberg, Jens van, (eds.) Cultures of Economy: Economics of Culture. Publikationen der Bayerischen Amerika-Akademie ; Bd. 4 = Publications of the Bavarian American Academy. Winter, Heidelberg, Germany, 32-58. ISBN 3825315363

2003

Lewis, Colin M. (2003) Workers and ‘subalterns’: a comparative study of labour in Africa, Asia and Latin America Economic History Working Papers, 73/03. Department of Economic History, London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK.

2002

Lewis, Colin M. and Abel, Christopher (2002) Exclusion and engagement: social policy in Latin America University of London, Institute of Latin American Studies, London, UK. ISBN 1900039508

Lewis, Colin M. (2002) Argentina: a short history Oneworld, Oxford, UK. ISBN 1851683003

Lewis, Colin M. (2002) Argentina : a short history Penguin, London, UK. ISBN 9781851683000

Lewis, Colin M. (2002) From developmentalism to neoliberalism, 1945 - 2001 In: Heenan, P. and Lamontagne, M., (eds.) The South American Handbook. Fitzroy Dearborn, London, UK, 29 -42.

Lewis, Colin M. (2002) A industria na América Latina, 1850-1930 In: Bethell, Leslie, (ed.) História Da América Latina, 1870-1930. Ed USP, São Paulo, Brazil, 111-174. ISBN 9788484321071

Lewis, Colin M. (2002) Transporte y comunicaciones In: Nueva Historia De la Nacion Argentina Tomo Ix - Cuarta Parte: la Argentina Del Siglo Xx, C.1914-1983. Planeta, Buenos Aires, 151-184. ISBN 9789504909569

Lewis, Colin M. (2002) The political economy of state-making: the Argentine, 1852-1955 In: Dunkerley, James, (ed.) Studies in the Formation of the Nation-State in Latin America. Institute of Latin American Studies, London, UK, 161-188. ISBN 1900039419

Lewis, Colin M. and Lloyd-Sherlock, Peter (2002) Social insurance regimes: crises and 'reform' in the Argentine and Brazil, since c. 1900 Economic History Working Papers, 68/02. Department of Economic History, London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK.

2000

Lewis, Colin M. (2000) Business cultures: Latin America In: Warner, Malcolm, (ed.) Management in the Americas. Regional encyclopedia of business and management. Business Press, London, UK, 108-115. ISBN 1861524048

1999

Lewis, Colin M. (1999) Argentina In: Buxton, Julia and Phillips, Nicola, (eds.) Case Studies in Latin American Political Economy. Manchester University Press, Manchester, UK, 33-61. ISBN 0719054575

Lewis, Colin M. (1999) Argentina In: Buxton, Julia and Phillips, Nicola, (eds.) Case Studies in Latin American Political Economy. Manchester University Press, Manchester, 33-61. ISBN 9780719054570

Lewis, Colin M. (1999) Business history in Brazil from the mid-nineteenth century to 1945 In: Dávila, Carlos and Miller, Rory, (eds.) Business History in Latin America: the Experience of Seven Countries. Liverpool University Press, Liverpool, UK, 43-59. ISBN 0853237239

Lewis, Colin M. (1999) The economics of the Latin American State: ideology, policy and performance, c. 1820-1945 In: Smith, David A and Solinger, Dorothy J and Topik, Steven C, (eds.) States and Sovereignty in the Global Economy. Routledge, London, UK, 99-119. ISBN 0415201195

1998

Lewis, Colin M. and O'Brien, Patrick (1998) Industry in Latin America In: Industrialisation: Critical Perspectives on the World Economy. Critical perspectives on the world economy, 3. Routledge, London, UK, 427-461. ISBN 9780415123693

Lewis, Colin M. (1998) Explaining economic decline: a review of recent debates in the economic and social history literature on the Argentine European Review of Latin American and Caribbean Studies, 64. 49-68. ISSN 0924-0608

1995

Lewis, Colin M. and Hunter, Janet and Harriss, John, eds (1995) The new institutional economics and third world development Routledge, London, UK. ISBN 0415118239

Lewis, Colin M. (1995) British business in Argentina Economic History working papers, 26/95. Department of Economic History, London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK.

Lewis, Colin M. (1995) Industry before 1930: a bibliography In: Bethell, Leslie, (ed.) The Cambridge History of Latin America. Latin America Since 1930, Ideas, Culture, and Society. The Cambridge history of Latin America, 10. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK, 349-358. ISBN 0521495946

1993

Lewis, Colin M. (1993) Welfare, poverty and development in Latin America St. Antony’s Macmillan series. Macmillan Press, Basingstoke, UK. ISBN 0333517377

Lewis, Colin M. and Torrents, Nissa, eds (1993) Argentina in the crisis years (1983-1990): from Alfonsin to Menem Institute of Latin American Studies, London, UK. ISBN 0901145874

Lewis, Colin M. (1993) Latin America: independence and national growth, 1810 - 1910 In: Barraclough, Geoffrey and Parker, Geoffrey, (eds.) The Times Atlas of World History. Times Books, London, UK. ISBN 9780723005346

Lewis, Colin M. (1993) Industry in Latin America In: Bernecker, W L and Tobler, Hans Werner, (eds.) Development and Underdevelopment in America: Contrasts of Economic Growth in North and Latin America in Historical Perspective. Walter de Gruyter, Berlin, Germany, 264-302. ISBN 3110135183

Lewis, Colin M. (1993) Social insurance: ideology and policy in the Argentine, c.1920-1966 In: Lewis, Colin M. and Abel, Christopher, (eds.) Welfare, Poverty and Development in Latin America. St. Antony’s Macmillan series. Macmillan Press, Basingstoke, 175-200. ISBN 0333517377

1992

Lewis, Colin M. (1992) Industry in Latin America In: Reinhard, Wolfgang and Waldmann, Peter, (eds.) Nord und Süd in Amerika: Gemeinsamkeiten, Gegensätze, Europäischer Hintergrund : Ergebnisse einer Wissenschaftslichen Tagung. Rombach Verlag, Freiburg, Germany, 739-770. ISBN 3793090809

Lewis, Colin M. (1992) Economic restructuring and labour scarcity: labour in the 1920s In: Adelman, Jeremy, (ed.) Essays in Argentine Labour History 1870-1930. St.Antony’s Macmillan series. Macmillan Press, London, UK, 177-198. ISBN 0333551842

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