Sugar and Railroads: A Cuban History, 1837-1959
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| Rating | : | 4.68 (594 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0807846929 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 528 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-03-26 |
| Language | : | English |
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While railroads facilitated the sugar industry's rapid growth after 1837, the authors argue, sugar interests determined where railroads would be built and who would benefit from them. Though Cuba was among the first countries in the world to utilize rail transport, the history of its railroads has been little studied. More broadly, the book uses the development of the Cuban rail transport system to provide a fascinating perspective on Cuban history, particularly the story of its predominant agro-industry, sugar. This English translation of the prize-winning Caminos para el azucar traces the story of railroads in Cuba from their introduction in the nineteenth century through the 1959 Revolution. As this work shows, the economic benefits that accompanied the rise of railroads in Europe and the United States were not repeated in Cuba. Sugar and Railroads provides a poignant demonstration of the fact that technological progress alone
Should be read as one eats Fuji fish with due respect to the poison Laurence Daley Zanetti Lecuona, Oscar and Alejandro Garcia Alvarez 1998 Sugar & railroads: a Cuban history, 1837-1959. University of North Carolina Press, Chapel Hill and London, (translated by Franklin W, Knight and Mary Todd from Caminos para el azucar 1987 Editorial de Ciencias Sociales, Havana) ISBN-10 0807823856 ISBN-13 978-0807823859.This is an interesting book with much useful information on Cuban railroads and Cuba in general. However, it should only be read as one eats Fuji fish with due res. "Required reading for those interested in the development of Cuba and its railways from the earliest days" according to Sustainability. The timeline is developed as a long compilation of facts. The narrative jumps around the island and within a single paragraph locations around Cuba will be mentioned. Only someone with an intimate knowledge of Cuba will know where these locations are without indicative maps alongside. The book concentrates on standard gauge railways when the majority of the railways commissioned before and after 1900 were narrow gauge railways to serve the sugar mills, some of which were very extensive. Covers the Subject Well Howard Ray White Good book. Covers the subject well.Howard Ray White
A brilliantly researched and well-argued book."Journal of American History"An example of work to which the North American scholarly community has had too little access. "The Historian""A very important study, opening our eyes to the complexity of Cuban economic history."Latin American Studies""Breathes new life into a topic that has been relatively difficult to study outside of Cuba."Colonial Latin American Historical Review"This book will provide the English reading public with a taste of Cuban historical writing at its best."Latin American Research Review"A very important study, opening our eyes to the complexity of Cuban economic history."Latin American Studies"ÝThis book¨ will provide the English reading public with a taste of Cuban historical writing at its best."Latin