Thesis
Railways and Spanish economic growth in the late 19th century
- Abstract:
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The object of this thesis is to examine the contribution of Spanish railways to accelerated economic growth in the period. 1855-1913. Although it has not been estimated, there is reason to believe that there was some growth in the period before the 20th century but, from all accounts, it was constrained by an inefficient, highly seasonal and costly road transportation system.
The contribution of railways will be assessed in three ways, First, by estimating the cost of the non-const...
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Bibliographic Details
- Publication date:
- 1981
- Type of award:
- DPhil
- Level of award:
- Doctoral
- Awarding institution:
- University of Oxford
- Source identifiers:
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602337273
Item Description
- Language:
- English
- Subjects:
- UUID:
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- Local pid:
- td:602337273
- Deposit date:
- 2013-01-21
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- Copyright holder:
- Gómez Mendoza, Antonio
- Copyright date:
- 1981
- Notes:
- The digital copy of this thesis has been made available thanks to the generosity of Dr Leonard Polonsky
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