The Railroad and Argentine National Development, 1852–1914
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8877167 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Raymond H Pulley (University of Virginia, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1966 |
| Volume | 23 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 63-75 |
| Publication date | 1966-07-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Americas A Quarterly Review of Latin American History (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0003-1615 • E-ISSN: 1533-6247 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/980140 |
| OpenAlex | W2328969896 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 5 |
Juan Bautista Alberdi belonged to a generation of Argentines fervently dedicated to the ideal of lifting the Río de la Plata out of the internal chaos which had delayed national consolidation and economic growth since the time of independence. In his Bases y puntos de partida para la organización política de la república argentina , published in 1852, Alberdi asserted that only the railroad could effect the long awaited unification of the Argentine people. He stated: “Without the railroad political unity cannot be had in a country where distance makes central political power impossible.” “Political unity,” Alberdi added, “can only be begun through territorial unity, and only the railroad can make places separated by five hundred leagues a unified country.”
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| Unique citing works | 2 |
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| Citations per year | 0.04 |
| Citation span | 1979 - 2023 (45) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |