U.H. Manoa History Department

and

Phi Alpha Theta History Honor Society

Present:

“The Political Economy of Land Privatization in

Argentina and Australia, 1810-1850”

A Public Lecture By

Prof. Sumner La Croix

Department of Economics

U. H. Manoa

Wednesday, January 25th

12:30 until 2:00 p.m.

Sakamaki Hall A201/History Department Library

U. H. Manoa

This co-authored talk compares public land disposal and the emergence of property-rights on the

frontier in the first half of the nineteenth century in the Province of Buenos Aires, Argentina, and

the British colony of New South Wales, Australia. Rather than the common theory of the

emergence of such rights as one from de facto to de jure, evolving from the growing demands of

settlers, the authors suggest the importance of the political supply side, or the actions of governments.

The governments differed in their policies as a result of the costs of enforcement, threats of

violence, and other public matters. Contrasts developed between Argentina and Australia as a result

of this political supply side. The paper was co-authored by Prof. La Croix and Prof. Alan Dye,

Barnard College, Columbia University.

Free and Open to the Public

For information, please contact Prof. Peter Hoffenberg at peterh@hawaii.edu