{"product_id":"9780807866436","title":"Sugar and Railroads: A Cuban History, 1837-1959","description":"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 \u003ci\u003eCaminos para el azucar\u003c\/i\u003e traces the story of railroads in Cuba from their introduction in the nineteenth century through the 1959 Revolution. \u003cbr\u003e     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\u003cbr\u003efrom 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. \u003cbr\u003e     As this work shows, the economic benefits that accompanied the rise of railroads in Europe and the United States were not repeated in Cuba. \u003ci\u003eSugar and Railroads\u003c\/i\u003e provides a poignant demonstration of the fact that technological progress alone is far from sufficient for development.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"The University of North Carolina Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47128193204464,"sku":"9780807866436","price":29.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780807866436_p0.jpg?v=1763739902","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780807866436","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}