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SCHMIT, Roberto. "Tradición y modernidad": inversiones y empresas rurales rioplatenses en tiempos de transición, 1840-1870. Am. Lat. Hist. Econ [online]. 2007, n.28, pp.87-114. ISSN 2007-3496.

This work reviews the recent evolution of the Rioplatense rural history. In general examines problems such a business, pattern invesment, rural enterprise and technological change. This article analizes the case of Justo José de Urquiza, a member of local powerfull elite of Río de la Plata. The focus is the rural enterprise, in approach microhistory, in Entre Rios between 1840 and 1870.

Palavras-chave : Hacienda; rural economy; management of enterprise; 19^th century.