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2. Pomeranz, Kenneth, The Great Divergence, China, Europe and the Making of the Modern World Economy (Princeton, N.J., 2000).CrossRefGoogle Scholar

3. One of the most influential statements of this position is Donghi’s, Tulio Halperín Historia contemporanea de América Latina (Madrid, 1969).Google Scholar

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12. Among the exceptions we should mention some high-quality exponents like Andrés Regalsky and Maria Inés Barbero.

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