Growth against development the economi c impact of railroads in Porfirian Mexico - Coatsworth, John H., 1940-; American Council of Learned Societies (DeKalb, Ill. : Northern Illinois University Press, 1981)
Introduction -- Transportation and transport policy in Mexico -- Rai lroad passenger services: Resource savings and internal migration -- Ra ilroad freight services: Resource savings and economic growth -- Linkag e and leakage: The structural impact of the railroads -- Railroads and the new concentration of land ownership -- Conclusions and comments.
Originally presented as the author's thesis, University of Chicago.
Includes bibliography (p. [233]-241) and index.
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Keywords: Railroads -- Mexico -- History; Mexico -- History -- 1867-1910.