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The Fall of Balmaceda and Public Finance in Chile: New Data for an Old Debate

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

John R. Bowman  and
Michael Wallerstein
John R. Bowman
Affiliation:
Department of Political Science, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
Michael Wallerstein
Affiliation:
Department of Political Science, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
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The 1891 civil war that led to the downfall of President José Manuel Balmaceda is without doubt one of the most visible episodes of Chilean history. Already the subject of a voluminous bibliography by 1894 (Echeverría y Reyes, 1894), the “revolution's” importance to historians of Chile actually increased over time as a new generation of scholars came to view it not merely as a discrete event of limited intrinsic interest but as an important key to understanding Chile's subsequent political and economic development. In retrospect, the conflict came to be seen as a “crucial watershed” in Chilean history (Blakemore, 1974: 243), marking the replacement of a presidential system—1833-1891—notable in nineteenth-century Latin America for political stability, by a parliamentary system—1891-1924—notorious for political and monetary disorder.

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Research Article
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Journal of Interamerican Studies and World Affairs , Volume 24 , Issue 4 , November 1982 , pp. 421 - 460
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Copyright © University of Miami 1982

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