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Africa's Freedom Railway: How a Chinese Development Project Changed Lives and
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Africa's Freedom Railway: How a Chinese Development Project Changed Lives and Livelihoods in Tanzania Hardcover - 2009

by Jamie Monson


From the publisher

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 post-colonial 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 to construct what would become one of Africa's most vital transportation corridors. The book follows the railroad from design and construction to its daily use as a vital means for moving villagers and goods. It tells a story of how transnational interests contributed to environmental change, population movements, and the rise of local and regional enterprise.

Details

  • Title Africa's Freedom Railway: How a Chinese Development Project Changed Lives and Livelihoods in Tanzania
  • Author Jamie Monson
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Pages 199
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Indiana University Press
  • Date 2009-02
  • Illustrated Yes
  • ISBN 9780253352712 / 0253352711
  • Weight 1.1 lbs (0.50 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.4 x 6.5 x 0.8 in (23.88 x 16.51 x 2.03 cm)
  • Library of Congress subjects Africa - Foreign economic relations - China, China - Foreign economic relations - Africa
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2008031559
  • Dewey Decimal Code 385.098