British-Owned Railways in Argentina : : Their Effect on the Growth of Economic Nationalism, 1854-1948 /

British-Owned Railways in Argentina : : Their Effect on the Growth of Economic Nationalism, 1854-1948 / / Winthrop R. Wright.

During the nineteenth century, British-owned railways grew under the protection of an Argentine ruling elite that considered railways both instruments and symbols of progress. Under this program of support for foreign enterprise, Argentina had by 1914 built the largest railway network in Latin Ameri...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Texas Press Complete eBook-Package Pre-2000
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Wright, Winthrop R.,
Place / Publishing House:Austin : : University of Texas Press, , [2021]
©1974
Year of Publication:2021
Language:English
Series:LLILAS Latin American Monograph Series
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Physical Description:1 online resource (318 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • MAPS
  • ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  • Introduction
  • 1. Opening the Door
  • 2. The First Steps
  • 3. The Golden Years
  • 4. Railway Regulation
  • 5. End of the Golden Age
  • 6. The Radical Interlude
  • 7. The Concordancia’s New Direction
  • 8. The British Point of View
  • 9. Transportation Coordination
  • 10. Nationalization: The First Steps
  • 11. The Transition
  • 12. Perón and the Anglo-Argentine Trade Negotiations
  • 13. The Closed Door: Outright Purchase
  • Conclusion
  • GLOSSARY
  • BIBLIOGRAPHY
  • INDEX

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