Order against progress
Subtitle: government, foreign investment, and railroads in Brazil, 1854-1913
By: William R. Summerhill
Series: Social science history
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Stanford, Calif
Language: eng
Number of pages: 297
Subjects: Railroads -- Brazil -- History -- 19th century; Railroads -- Economic aspects -- Brazil; Railroads and state -- Brazil -- History -- 19th century
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 269-286) and index
Table of contents: title: Transport in Nineteenth-Century Brazil; title: Railroad policy, finance, and expansion; title: The direct gains from railroad freight services; title: Railroad passenger benefits; title: Railroads and Brazilian economic structure; title: Dividing the surplus : subsidies, regulation, and profits