{"product_id":"9780520425866","title":"PRE-ORDER NOW Emerging El Dorado : Steam Age Expansionism and the Social Worlds of Growth in Argentina by Eduardo Elena","description":"\u003cp\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e PRE-ORDER NOW - Published: 28\/07\/2026 \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe scramble for distant riches has featured 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, Emerging El Dorado 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, and 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, the book investigates the experiences of the groups who helped propel expansion, such as migrant families and overseas investors, and those like mixed-race paisanos\/as and Indigenous peoples who were deemed obstacles. By exploring these overlapping social worlds, Emerging El Dorado sheds new light on the roots of our present-day growth dilemmas. \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003eBinding: Hardback","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56368054731125,"sku":"9780520425866","price":80.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/backstory.london\/products\/9780520425866","provider":"Backstory","version":"1.0","type":"link"}