The Road to the Land of the Mother of God A History of the Interoceanic Highway in Peru.

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Through more than five hundred years of the history of Peru's Interoceanic Highway, this book shows how the purposes, portrayals, and importance of roads change between historical periods, and thus why roads bring many more impacts and costs than their advocates and critics generally anticipate...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Perz, Stephen G.
Otros Autores: Castillo Hurtado, Jorge Luis
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, 2023.
Temas:
Roads > Social aspects > Peru.
Roads > Peru > History.
TRAVEL / South America / Peru.
HISTORY / Latin America / South America.
Social conditions.
Roads > Social aspects.
Roads.
Corredor Vial Interoceánico Sur > History.
Madre de Dios (Peru : Department) > Social conditions.
Peru > Madre de Dios (Department)
Peru.
Corredor Vial Interoceánico Sur.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover Page
  • Title Page
  • Copyright Page
  • Dedication
  • Contents
  • Illustrations
  • Tables
  • Acknowledgments
  • Abbreviations
  • Prologue: The raid motociclístico
  • Introduction: Why a History of a Road?
  • 1. Dreams of Gran Paititi and Nightmares for the Newcomers: Madre de Dios before 1890
  • 2. The Rubber Boom and the Many Routes to the Mother of God: Madre de Dios from the 1890s to the 1910s
  • 3. The Old Route and the Future Highway: Madre de Dios from the 1920s to the 1940s
  • 4. Models and Experiences of Development: Madre de Dios from the 1950s to the 1970s
  • 5. The Foundations of the Interoceanic Highway: Madre de Dios in Context in the 1980s and 1990s
  • 6. The Initiative for Integration of Regional Infrastructure in South America and the Interoceanic Highway: Madre de Dios as Ground Zero in the 2000s
  • 7. What Actually Happened: Impacts of the Interoceanic Highway in the Late 2000s and Early 2010s
  • 8. The Interoceanic Highway and the Lava Jato Corruption Scandal: The Late 2010s and Beyond
  • Conclusion: The Interoceanic Highway and Integrative Infrastructure History
  • Appendix: The Selection and Management of Sources for an Integrative History of the Interoceanic Highway
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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