Imperial routes, national networks and regional projects in the Pan-American Highway, 1884–1977

Datos Bibliográficos

ID10248944
AutoresRosa E Ficek (University of Puerto Rico at Cayey, autor de correspondencia)
Año2016
Volumen37
Número2
Páginas129-154
Fecha de publicación2016-12-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaThe Journal of Transport History (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0022-5266 • E-ISSN: 1759-3999
EditorialSAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/0022526616654699
OpenAlexW2473129556
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas9

This article discusses the planning and construction of the Pan-American Highway by focusing on interactions among engineers, government officials, manufacturers, auto enthusiasts, and road promoters from the United States and Latin America. It considers how the Pan-American Highway was made by projects to extend U.S. influence in Latin America but also by Latin American nationalist and regionalist projects that put forward alternative ideas about social and cultural difference—and cooperation—across the Americas. The transnational negotiations that shaped the Pan-American Highway show how roads, as they bring people and places into contact with each other, mobilize diverse actors and projects that can transform the geography and meaning of these technologies

Economics · Economy · Government (linguistics · Latin Americans · Meaning (existential · Nationalism · Negotiation · Political science · Politics · International Relations in Latin America · Law · Public Administration