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020 _a9780253352712 (cloth : alk. paper)
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035 _a(OCoLC)234260180
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035 _a(NNC)7140821
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050 0 0 _aHE3243
_b.M66 2008
100 1 _aMonson, Jamie.
_91475
245 1 0 _aAfrica's freedom railway :
_bhow a Chinese development project changed lives and livelihoods in Tanzania /
_cJamie Monson.
260 _aBloomington :
_bIndiana University Press,
_cc2008.
300 _axii, 199 p. :
_bill., maps ;
_c24 cm.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [183]-191) and index.
505 0 0 _g1.
_tIntroduction --
_gPt. 1.
_tFreedom Railway --
_g2.
_tRailway Visions --
_g3.
_tBuilding the People's Railway --
_g4.
_tLiving along the Railway --
_gPt. 2.
_tOrdinary Train --
_g5.
_tThe Ordinary Train --
_g6.
_tLandscape Visions --
_g7.
_tConclusion --
_gApp. 1.
_tEight Principles Governing China's Economic and Technical Aid to Other Countries --
_gApp. 2.
_tParcel Shipments to and from Selected Rail Stations, 1998-2000 --
_gApp. 3.
_tLand Cover Change, Kilombero Valley Study Area.
520 1 _a"The TAZARA (Tanzania Zambia Railway Authority) or Freedom Railway stretches from Dar es Salaam on the Tanzanian coast to the copper belt region of Zambia. The railway, built during the height of the Cold War, was intended to redirect the mineral wealth of the interior away from routes through South Africa and Rhodesia. After being rebuffed by Western donors, newly independent Tanzania and Zambia accepted help from communist China to construct what would become one of Africa's most vital transportation corridors. Drawing on first-hand experiences of engineers and laborers together with life histories of traders who used the railway, Jamie Monson tracks the railroad from its design and construction to its daily use as a passenger train that provided an important means for moving people and goods from one village to another. This engaging history reveals how transnational interests contributed to environmental change, population movements, the rise of local and regional economic enterprise, and one of the most sweeping development transitions in postcolonial Africa."--BOOK JACKET.
650 0 _aRailroads
_zTanzania.
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650 0 _aEconomic assistance, Chinese
_zTanzania.
_91477
650 0 _aEconomic development projects
_zTanzania.
_91478
651 0 _aAfrica
_xForeign economic relations
_zChina.
_91479
651 0 _aChina
_xForeign economic relations
_zAfrica.
_91480
900 _bTOC
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_cMONOGRAPH
948 1 _a20090415
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