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Order Against Progress

- Government, Foreign Investment, and Railroads in Brazil, 1854-1913

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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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  • Sprog:
  • Engelsk
  • ISBN:
  • 9780804732246
  • Indbinding:
  • Hardback
  • Sideantal:
  • 320
  • Udgivet:
  • 25. august 2003
  • Størrelse:
  • 148x235x25 mm.
  • Vægt:
  • 567 g.
  • 8-11 hverdage.
  • 26. november 2024
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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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