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Order Against Progress

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

About Order Against Progress

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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  • Language:
  • English
  • ISBN:
  • 9780804732246
  • Binding:
  • Hardback
  • Pages:
  • 320
  • Published:
  • August 24, 2003
  • Dimensions:
  • 148x235x25 mm.
  • Weight:
  • 567 g.
Delivery: 2-4 weeks
Expected delivery: December 8, 2024

Description of Order Against Progress

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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