Centenario de la República Cubana, 1902-2002

Este volumen estudia, desde la perspectiva de la historia económica, el proceso de expansión del transporte ferroviario que tuvo lugar en América Latina y el Caribe entre 1870 y 1930. La obra se concentra en el estudio de la era dorada del ferrocarril, en la cual la vida económica de estos países se vio súbitamente transformada por un medio de transporte que superaba las barreras del tiempo y la distancia, ofreciendo un traslado seguro, rápido y barato a lugares lejanos del propio terruño.

En los últimos años se ha creado una imagen idílica, pero un tanto de cartón piedra, de la República. El caso de Azaña es particularmente revelador. Sometido a una especie de beatificación laica, que difícilmente le hubiera agradado, la publicación de sus diarios en México provocó un embarazoso silencio, porque derrumbaban una cierta mitología republicana. No obstante, los viejos tópicos han revivido a fuerza de silenciar testimonios o de someterlos a malabarismos interpretativos. Este libro, al basarse en gran medida en el contraste de los testimonios de los dirigentes...

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This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute...