Order against progress : government, foreign investment, and railroads in Brazil, 1854-1913 / William R. Summerhill.

Author
Summerhill, William R. (William Roderick) (Historian) [Browse]
Format
Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, 2003.
Description
xv, 297 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.

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    Series
    Social science history [More in this series]
    Bibliographic references
    Includes bibliographical references (p. 241-286) and index.
    Contents
    • Transport in Nineteenth-Century Brazil
    • Railroad policy, finance, and expansion
    • The direct gains from railroad freight services
    • Railroad passenger benefits
    • Railroads and Brazilian economic structure
    • Dividing the surplus : subsidies, regulation, and profits.
    ISBN
    • 0804732248 ((cloth ; : alk. paper))
    • 9780804732246 ((cloth ; : alk. paper))
    LCCN
    2003006437
    OCLC
    51898690
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