The road to the land of the Mother of God : a history of the Interoceanic Highway in Peru /

The Interoceanic Highway is many things to many people, an emblematic project during a period focused on integration, a dream realized for an isolated region, a symbol of the profound fragility of state institutions, a key cause of political corruption and a major driver of ecological and cultural d...

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Main Authors: Perz, Stephen George, 1969- (Author), Castillo Hurtado, Jorge Luis (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, [2023].
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Table of Contents:
  • List of Illustrations
  • List of Tables
  • Acknowledgments
  • Abbreviations
  • Prologue. The Raid Motociclístico
  • Chapter 1. Introduction: Why a History of a Road?
  • Chapter 2. Dreams of Gran Paititi and Nightmares for the Newcomers: Madre de Dios before 1890
  • Chapter 3. The Rubber Boom and the Many Routes to the Mother of God: Madre de Dios from the 1890s to the 1910s
  • Chapter 4. The Old Route and the Future Highway: Madre de Dios from the 1920s to the 1940s
  • Chapter 5. Models and Experiences of Development: Madre de Dios from the 1950s to the 1970s
  • Chapter 6. The Foundations of the Interoceanic Highway: Madre de Dios in Context in the 1980s and 1990s
  • Chapter 7. The Initiative for Integration of Regional Infrastructure in South America and the Interoceanic Highway: Madre de Dios as Ground Zero in the 2000s
  • Chapter 8. What Actually Happened: Impacts of the Interoceanic Highway in the Late 2000s and Early 2010s
  • Chapter 9. The Interoceanic Highway and the Lava Jato Corruption Scandal: The Late 2010s and Beyond
  • Chapter 10. Conclusion: The Interoceanic Highway and Integrative Infrastructure History
  • Appendix A. The Selection and Management of Sources for an Integrative History of the Interoceanic Highway
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index.