Description
Book SynopsisThis study presents a new and provocative picture of the impact of railroads on the Brazilian economy. How did foreign investment in infrastructure affect a relatively backward Latin American economy? The author engages this long-standing issue in Latin American history by applying the methods of the "new economic history" to the study of Brazilian railway development.
Trade Review"
Order Against Progress sheds new light on the debate about the role of railroads in nineteenth-century Brazil. The author's results are solidly grounded in a variety of documentary evidence, despite the scarcity of documents for the earlier periods." --
Hispanic American Historical Review"Based upon thorough research, this well-written book represents a welcome and useful addition to the scattered literature on the history of Brazil's railroads." --
Enterprise & Society"Summerhill's book will be a criitical reference for students of Brazilian economic history. He has amassed a wealth of quantitative data on railroads in Brazil, which he has enhanced with comprative analyses of the sector in other countries." --
Business History Review"The book is very well-written, clearly organized, and the issues at stake are precisely isolated and analyzed. It is an enlightening resource for those who are interested to know what new economic history is able to produce." --
Canadian Journal of History/Annales canadiennes d'histoire
