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Order Against Progress : Government, Foreign Investment, and Railroads in Brazil, 1854-1913
Overview
This study presents a new and provocative picture of the impact of railroads on the Brazilian economy. How did foreign investment in infrastructure affect a relatively backward Latin American economy? The author engages this long-standing issue in Latin American history by applying the methods of the "new economic history" to the study of Brazilian railway development.
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- ISBN-13: 9780804732246
- ISBN-10: 0804732248
- Publisher: Stanford University Press
- Publish Date: August 2003
- Dimensions: 9.34 x 6.16 x 0.97 inches
- Shipping Weight: 1.25 pounds
- Page Count: 320
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