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Product Overview
This volume offers a comprehensive and accessible history of the expansion of railways in Latin America from the nineteenth to the twentieth century. Written by leading specialists, the book examines the development and impact of rail transport in Mexico, the Antilles, Colombia, Peru, Brazil, Uruguay, Argentina, and Chile, situating each national experience within broader regional and global contexts. It highlights the economic, social, and political dimensions of railway expansion, the role of foreign investment, and the transformative effects of infrastructure on modernization and integration. An appendix provides key statistical indicators covering a century of Latin American railway history.
