Order Against Progress

Order Against Progress
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Total Pages : 297
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ISBN-10 : 9780804732246
ISBN-13 : 0804732248
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Book Synopsis Order Against Progress by : William Roderick Summerhill

Download or read book Order Against Progress written by William Roderick Summerhill and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 297 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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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