This thesis includes three studies to assess historical evidence of the
failure of Colombia and South America to achieve regional integration
and the role played by exports other than coffee in the period of
greatest industrial development in Colombia during the 20th Century.
A wide range of theories and empirical models are deployed for this
purpose. First regional integration is evaluated in the whole American
continent with a new database of global bilateral trade for two time
periods: 1870-1913 versus 1914-1950, and from this study the Andean
countries, and particularly Colombia, emerge as the least regionally
integrated territories.Programa Oficial de Doctorado en Historia EconómicaPresidente: Pablo Astorga.- Secretario: Marc Badía-Miró.- Vocal: Daniel A. Tirad
