Las Comunicaciones en América
Subtitle: de la senda primitiva al ferrocarril
By: Secundino-José Gutiérrez Alvarez.
Series: Coleccion Realidades americanas ;; 17; Colecciones MAPFRE 1492
Publisher: Editorial MAPFRE
Published: 1993
Place of publication: Madrid
Language: spa
Number of pages: 424
Subjects: Roads -- Latin America -- History.; Transportation -- Latin America -- History.
Description: "Admirable attempt to synthesize an important topic, study ranges from 16th to 19th centuries and covers ocean transportation, interoceanic transit across the Central American isthmus, various colonial roads to mines and ports, and the 19th-century emergence of railroads"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 58.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [391]-403) and indexes.