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Hispanic American Historical Review (1967) 47 (3): 386–387.
Published: 01 August 1967
...George Wythe Transport and the Economic Integration of South America . By Brown Robert T. . Washington , 1966 . Brookings Institution . Transport Research Program . Figures. Tables. Appendices. Index . Pp. xiii , 288 . $6.00 . The Impact of Highway Investment...
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Hispanic American Historical Review (2024) 104 (3): 504–506.
Published: 01 August 2024
...Mark Rice [email protected] The Road to the Land of the Mother of God: A History of the Interoceanic Highway in Peru . By Stephen G. Perz and Jorge Luis Castillo Hurtado . Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press , 2023 . Photographs. Maps. Figures. Tables. Appendix...
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Hispanic American Historical Review (1943) 23 (1): 125–126.
Published: 01 February 1943
...Robert S. Platt Copyright 1943 by Duke University Press 1943 By Pan American Highway through South America . By Lanks Herbert C. . ( New York : D. Appleton-Century Co. , 1942 . Pp. 205 . Illus. $5.00 .) ...
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Hispanic American Historical Review (1932) 12 (4): 474–476.
Published: 01 November 1932
.... 402 . $3.50 .) Highway into Spain . By Aurousseau Marcel . ( New York : Alfred H. King, Inc. , 1931 . Pp. 294 . $3.50 .) ...
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Hispanic American Historical Review (2006) 86 (3): 593–595.
Published: 01 August 2006
...John S. Leiby Building the King’s Highway: Labor, Society, and Family on Mexico’s Caminos Reales, 1757 – 1804 . By Castleman Bruce A. . Tucson : University of Arizona Press , 2005 . Illustration. Maps. Tables. Notes. Bibliography. Index . xii , 163 pp. Cloth , $39.95 . ©...
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Hispanic American Historical Review (1996) 76 (3): 601–602.
Published: 01 August 1996
... a general survey on one stretch of the Altamira Highway, concentrating on the relationship between soil type and agricultural practices in one community on Side Road 27. The results of this work are presented as a backdrop for an admittedly biased examination of the policies that caused the development...
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Hispanic American Historical Review (1956) 36 (3): 417.
Published: 01 August 1956
...Alfred Kidder, II Copyright 1956 by Duke University Press 1956 Highway of the Sun . By Von Hagen Victor W. . New York-Boston , 1955 . Duell, Sloan & Pearce-Little, Brown and Company . Maps. Illustrations. Bibliography. Index . Pp. 320 . $6.00 . ...
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Hispanic American Historical Review (1968) 48 (4): 679–680.
Published: 01 November 1968
...Charles Gibson On the Royal Highways of the Inca. Archaeological Treasures of Ancient Peru . By Ubbelohde-Doering Heinrich . Translated by Brown Margaret . New York , 1967 . Frederick A. Praeger . Illustrations. Maps. Figures. Bibliography. Index . Pp. 311 . $17.50...
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Highways into the Upper Amazon Basin. Pioneer Lands in Southern Colombia, Ecuador, and Northern Peru
Hispanic American Historical Review (1967) 47 (4): 602–603.
Published: 01 November 1967
...Maury D. Baker Highways into the Upper Amazon Basin. Pioneer Lands in Southern Colombia, Ecuador, and Northern Peru . By Hegen Edmund Edward . Gainesville , 1966 . University of Florida Press . Illustrations. Maps. Tables. Bibliography. Index . Pp. 168 . Paper . $3.75...
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Hispanic American Historical Review (1983) 63 (3): 631.
Published: 01 August 1983
...Philip M. Feaknside Nigel Smith’s book is sure to remain an important part of the documentation of the Transamazon scheme, and to make the highway’s first decade an even more fertile ground for historical analysis. Little is said related to long-term trends in the area, or of probable...
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Hispanic American Historical Review (1985) 65 (2): 387–388.
Published: 01 May 1985
... the Marginal Highway of the Jungle proposed by Fernando Belaúnde Terry. Having interviewed Belaúnde in 1976, when the latter was out of office as president of Peru, he became intrigued with the idea of the highway as a stimulus for development of the interior of South America. He notes that nations bordering...
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Hispanic American Historical Review (1968) 48 (4): 663–665.
Published: 01 November 1968
... the spacious and speedy new cargo planes flying. The study specifically criticizes the Marginal Highway east of the Andes, proposed in 1963-64, predicting that its location would make the highway very expensive to build ($200,000 per mile in 1967) and that it would not be well enough built to accommodate...
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Hispanic American Historical Review (2019) 99 (2): 376–377.
Published: 01 May 2019
... of revolutionary warfare that began in 1910. Using as examples the states of Nuevo León and Veracruz, Bess shows how highway construction projects involved complex interplay between the policies of the national government and the actions of local powers who exerted substantial influence over the building of roads...
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Hispanic American Historical Review (1978) 58 (2): 299.
Published: 01 May 1978
... highways for close economic and political ties with Spain. The location of mountain passes, good pasture lands, and Indian communities influenced the Spanish establishment of the first highway through Jalapa and the Llanos de Apan. While this remained the leading route between Mexico and Veracruz...
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Hispanic American Historical Review (1968) 48 (2): 220–233.
Published: 01 May 1968
... City and Colón. In addition to the Hull-Alfaro Treaty, both countries signed a transisthmian highway convention, which terminated the Panama Railroad monopoly and provided financial aid in the construction of a Panama City-Colón highway. 33 Two other treaties allowed Panama greater freedom...
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Hispanic American Historical Review (1970) 50 (3): 560–562.
Published: 01 August 1970
... to outline the essential justification for the highway, which he believes “is an investment . . . that will yield substantial benefits in excess of its costs” (p. 113). The Tijerias-Valencia autopista study questions the frequently encountered criticism of Venezuelan public works as being more expensive...
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Hispanic American Historical Review (2000) 80 (2): 267–298.
Published: 01 May 2000
... issue (and the key to its success) is obtaining freight for its trains. 8 Railway companies usually establish connections with complementary transportation (highway, fluvial, maritime) networks and other railroad companies, and the transactions are carried out through the market. 9 The use...
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Hispanic American Historical Review (1992) 72 (1): 125–126.
Published: 01 February 1992
... The Inca imperium extended along 5,500 kilometers of the rugged Andean cordillera to form the largest native American state and the biggest empire of world antiquity ever to arise south of the equator. The political infrastructure included a vast highway network, which John Hyslop traversed for his...
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Hispanic American Historical Review (1978) 58 (2): 338–339.
Published: 01 May 1978
... an ardent federalist throughout his long career. Trained as a geographic and civil engineer, he directed the national highway system during the presidency of General Agustín P. Justo in the 1930s, when he created a national network of arterial highways and nearly doubled the mileage of roads. He has had...
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Hispanic American Historical Review (1970) 50 (2): 442–444.
Published: 01 May 1970
... not find a discrepancy of as much as 1½ inches between the statistics and the map.” If Mr. Dunbier would refer to p. 264, line 9, which states “in the extremely dry region west of the Nogales-Guaymas highway where rainfall totals less than 5 inches annually,” and then to his isohyet map on p. 19, he...
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