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<journal-meta>
<journal-id>1405-2253</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[América Latina en la historia económica]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Am. Lat. Hist. Econ]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>1405-2253</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Instituto de Investigaciones Dr. José María Luis Mora]]></publisher-name>
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<article-id>S1405-22532018000200042</article-id>
<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.18232/alhe.v25i1.897</article-id>
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<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[The Presence of the Ba&#357;a Shoe Company in Central America and the Caribbean in the Interwar Period (1920-1930)]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Presencia de la Compańía de Zapatos Bat&#8217;a en América Central y el Caribe en el periodo de entreguerras (1920-1930)]]></article-title>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Perutka]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Lukas]]></given-names>
</name>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Balaban]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Milan]]></given-names>
</name>
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</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Herman]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Jan]]></given-names>
</name>
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<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Instituto Tecnologico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey campus Monterrey ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Monterrey ]]></addr-line>
<country>Mexico</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af2">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universita Tomá&#353;e Bati  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Zlín ]]></addr-line>
<country>Czechia</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af3">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universita Tomá&#353;e Bati  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Zlín ]]></addr-line>
<country>Czechia</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>08</month>
<year>2018</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>08</month>
<year>2018</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>25</volume>
<numero>2</numero>
<fpage>42</fpage>
<lpage>76</lpage>
<copyright-statement/>
<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S1405-22532018000200042&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S1405-22532018000200042&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S1405-22532018000200042&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[Abstract This article addresses the presence of the famous Czechoslovak shoe company Ba&#357;a in Mexico, Central America, and the Caribbean during the 1920s and 1930s. It is a topic that has not yet been properly researched by historians; therefore this work can shed some light on the activity of Czechoslovak companies in Latin America. The objective is to compare Ba&#357;a&#8217;s influence in the countries of the respective region and study where it was successful and why and where it was not. This comparative and quantitative analysis is based mainly on the unpublished rchive material of Czech and Mexican origin. These sources are supplemented by memoirs of several Ba&#357;a&#8217;s officials present in the region and published in some local Czechoslovak newspapers.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[Resumen Este artículo trata sobre la presencia de la famosa empresa checoslovaca de calzado Ba&#357;a en México, Centroamérica y el Caribe en las décadas de 1920 y 1930. Es un tema que hasta ahora no ha sido profundamente investigado por los historiadores y por lo tanto este trabajo puede arrojar alguna luz sobre la actividad de las empresas checoslovacas en América Latina. El objetivo es comparar la influencia de Ba&#357;a en los países de la región mencionada y estudiar dónde fue exitoso y por qué y dónde no. Este análisis comparativo y cuantitativo se basa principalmente en el material inédito de archivo de procedencia checa y mexicana. Estas fuentes se complementan con las memorias de varios funcionarios de Ba&#357;a presentes en la región y publicadas en algunos periódicos checoslovacos locales.]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Ba&#357;a Shoe Company]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[shoe industry]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Compańía de Zapatos Bat&#8217;a]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[industria del zapato]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[L67]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[N74]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[N76]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[N84]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[N86]]></kwd>
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