This second volume edited collection presents a diverse and comprehensive examination of the history of Latin American agriculture over the last 150 years. This volume analyses the agricultural sector in eleven Latin American economies–Argentina, Brazil, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Mexico, Peru, Uruguay and Venezuela–in terms of agricultural production, use of inputs (land, capital, labour), technological change, institutional factors, the design of agricultural public policies and the consequences in terms of environmental degradation. Weaving an awareness of broader regional and global contexts into each chapter, the volume illuminates the diversity of developments and trends in agricultural history across different countries, facilitating stronger understanding of the role of agriculture in economic development and policy implications for the continent today. The book will be a valuable resource for scholars of economic and agricultural history, as well as development economics and Latin American economic policy.

Miguel Martín-Retortillo is Associate Professor of Economic History at the University of Alcala, Spain. His academic interests are related to agriculture and its main transformations in a long-term perspective. The focus of his research has been in European and Latin American agriculture.

Vicente Pinilla is Professor in Economic History at the University of Zaragoza and researcher at the Instituto Agroalimentario de Aragon, in Spain. His research interests are in international trade, agricultural products, long-term agricultural changes, environmental history, wine economics and depopulation processes and policies.

Jackeline Velazco-Portocarrero is Associate Professor of Economics at the University of Girona (Spain) and the Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú. Her research examines long-term agrarian productivity, the role of agriculture in economic growth, evolving urban–rural linkages, and the significance of non-farm activities.

Henry Willebald is Full Professor of Economic History at the Instituto de Economía, Universidad de la República (Uruguay). His research interests are in modern economic growth in settler economies and Latin American countries, diverse dimensions of economic development at national and regional level, inequality, productive specialization, natural resources and sustainability.