Growth against development : the economic impact of railroads in Porfirian Mexico / John H. Coatsworth.

DeKalb, Ill. : Northern Illinois University Press, 1981.

xiii, 249 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.

Originally presented as the author's thesis, University of Chicago.

Introduction -- Transportation and transport policy in Mexico -- Railroad passenger services: Resource savings and internal migration -- Railroad freight services: Resource savings and economic growth -- Linkage and leakage: The structural impact of the railroads -- Railroads and the new concentration of land ownership -- Conclusions and comments.

Includes bibliography (p. [233]-241) and index.

Electronic text and image data. Ann Arbor, Mich. : University of Michigan, Michigan Publishing, 2005. Includes both TIFF files and keyword searchable text. ([ACLS Humanities E-Book]) Mode of access: Intranet. This volume is made possible by a grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.