In the 1990s, 'protection', 'import substitution' and 'intervention'
have become dirty words, part of the 'leyenda negra' of Latin America
development in the postwar period. This book attempts a fresh look at
the controversial years between the end of the Second World War and the
point when, at varying dates in different countries, a discontinuity
occurs in which the postwar 'style of development' ceased to play a
central role in the economic evolution of the region. The analysis is
based on seven case studies covering eleven countries.