British Railways in Argentina 1857-1914: A Case Study of Foreign InvestmentLewis 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in the rapid development of modern Argentina after its former pastoral and parochial socio-economic structure was superseded by the formation of a modern republic, which was largely financed by external sources and made it one of the most dynamic and prosperous countries of the mid and late 19th century. His work demonstrates the conflicting, often contradictory, expectations of the parties concerned, and how these divergent expectations and preconceptions were successfully harmonised and evolved. |
Contents
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II National consolidation | 45 |
III Crisis and recovery | 73 |
a retrospective reappraisal | 97 |
V Denationalization and reorganization | 124 |
VI Zonal amalgamation 1 | 146 |
VII Zonal amalgamation 2 | 164 |
Other editions - View all
British Railways in Argentina 1857-1914: A Case Study of Foreign Investment Colin M. Lewis No preview available - 2015 |
British Railways in Argentina, 1857-1914: A Case Study of Foreign Investment No preview available - 1983 |
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31 December amalgamation Annual Report April Argen Argentine government Argentine Railway Company Ayres B&RPM BA&P BA&R BAGS BAHC Bahía Blanca Baring Brothers Baring Crisis Bouwer to Barings British British-owned companies broad-gauge Buenos Aires capital account cent Central Argentine Central Argentine Railway company's Cordoba Central cost debentures decade December dividend earnings East Argentine economic effect Ensenada Entre Rios Railway Estadística expansion extension ferrocarriles ferrocarriles argentinos foreign guaranteed lines hereafter increase interests investment investors January June London Stock Exchange main line ment mileage miles national government North Eastern Northern November obtained October Oeste operating ordinary stock Pacific panies payments period port profits projects prosperity provincial government rail Railway Company Limited railway construction railway development railway network receipts region República Argentina revenue River Plate rolling stock Rosario route Scalabrini schemes scrip shareholders Southern tariffs tion traffic Transandine Transandine Railway Tucumán Villa Mercedes Western