| Description |
1 online resource (xii, 199 pages) : illustrations, maps |
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Introduction -- Railway visions -- Building the people's railway -- Living along the railway -- The ordinary train -- Landscape visions -- Conclusion -- Appendixes: 1. Eight principles governing China's economic and technical aid to other countries -- 2. Parcel shipments to and from selected rail stations, 1998-2000 -- 3. Land cover change, Kilombero valley study area |
| Summary |
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 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references pages (183-191) and index |
| Notes |
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. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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English |
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Print version record |
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digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL |
| Subject |
Railroads -- Tanzania.
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Economic assistance, Chinese -- Tanzania
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Economic development projects -- Tanzania
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TRANSPORTATION -- Railroads -- History.
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Economic assistance, Chinese
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Economic development projects
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International economic relations
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Railroads
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Africa -- Foreign economic relations -- China
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China -- Foreign economic relations -- Africa
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Africa
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China
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Tanzania
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780253002815 |
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0253002818 |
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1282103466 |
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9781282103467 |
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9786612103469 |
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6612103469 |
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