Britain and the Making of Argentina

By 1914 Argentina had become one of the worlds largest trading nations and, according to some, the tenth most prosperous country in the world. She exported more than all the South American countries together. Argentina was the agricultural El Dorado' of the world. It was principally British technology, British capital and British management, combined with massive immigration from southern Europe, which converted Argentina from an economic backwater into the wealthiest country in South America. B