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

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Summerhill, William Roderick
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, 2003.
Series:Social science history.
Subjects:
Railroads > Brazil > History > 19th century.
Railroads > Economic aspects > Brazil.
Railroads and state > Brazil > History > 19th century.
Table of 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.