The ‘big delay’ of the argentine industry: approaches and historiographical perspectives about an unconcluded debate

Abstract

This article studies the “big delay” notion of the argentine’s industry since its origin as a problem within a political agenda opened up by Alejandro Bunge in the late 20’s until its utilization by some historiographical approaches in the 60’s. The article demonstrates that the acceptation or rejection of a “big delay” came out from a “must be” criteria concerning the industrial development, recognizable in the political, economic and historiographical discourses. Both Alejandro Bunge and some of his commentators in the 60’s, which tried to justify or provide new epistemological basis to Bunge’s position, were questioned by new approaches.