Lewis examines the complex combinations of British and Argentine forces involved in the rapid development of modern Argentina after its former pastoral and parochial socio-economic structure was superseded by the formation of a modern republic, which was largely financed by external sources and...

Transport in Nineteenth-Century Brazil -- Railroad policy, finance, and expansion -- The direct gains from railroad freight services -- Railroad passenger benefits -- Railroads and Brazilian economic structure -- Dividing the surplus : subsidies, regulation, and profits

The mid-nineteenth century set the stage for one of the most successful process of foreign investment in Latin America and particularly in Colombia, at least from the perspective of foreign investors: the construction and operation of the Panama Railroad Co. However, unlike other similar...

In the mid-nineteenth century was an evidence of the processes of successful foreign investment in Latin America and particularly in Colombia, at least from the perspective of foreign investors: the construction and operation of the Panama Railroad Co. However, unlike other experiments in which...