Africa's freedom railway : how a Chinese development project changed lives and livelihoods in Tanzania /
The TAZARA (Tanzania Zambia Railway Authority), or Freedom Railway, from Dar es Salaam on the Tanzanian coast to the Copperbelt region of Zambia, was instrumental in fostering one of the most sweeping development transitions in postcolonial Africa. Built during the height of the Cold War, the railwa...
| Основен автор: | Monson, Jamie. |
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| Формат: | Електронна книга |
| Език: | English |
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Bloomington :
Indiana University Press,
℗♭2009.
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http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=276686 |
| Подобни документи: |
Print version::
Africa's freedom railway. |
| Резюме: |
The TAZARA (Tanzania Zambia Railway Authority), or Freedom Railway, from Dar es Salaam on the Tanzanian coast to the Copperbelt region of Zambia, was instrumental in fostering one of the most sweeping development transitions in postcolonial Africa. Built during the height of the Cold War, the railway was intended to redirect the mineral wealth of the interior away from routes through South Africa and Rhodesia. Rebuffed by Western aid agencies, newly independent Tanzania and Zambia accepted help from China. |
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| Физически характеристики: |
1 online resource (xii, 199 pages) : illustrations maps |
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Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. |
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Includes bibliographical references pages (183-191) and index. |
| ISBN: |
9780253002815 0253002818 |