Sugar and Railroads: A Cuban History, 1837-1959, 1st Edition eBook

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Though Cuba was among the first countries in the world to utilize rail transport, the history of its railroads has been little studied. 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. 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. 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. Zanetti and Garcia explore the implications of this symbiotic relationship for the technological development of the railroads, the economic evolution of Cuba, and the lives of the railroad workers. 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 is far from sufficient for development.

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Sugar and Railroads: A Cuban History, 1837-1959 1st Edition is written by Oscar Zanetti; Alejandro Garcia and published by The University of North Carolina Press. The Digital and eTextbook ISBNs for Sugar and Railroads are 9780807866436, 0807866431 and the print ISBNs are 9780807823859, 0807823856. Additional ISBNs for this eTextbook include 9780807846926, 9798890869128.