Capital, monopoly and economic nationalism : a history of British railways in Colombia, 1902-1930
This PhD thesis focusses on British railway companies in Colombia during 1902-30. It explores the impact of instability, insecure property rights, business culture, civil conflict, regionalism, national politics, and contractual instability on British overseas investment. It also evaluates whether British railway companies represented economic imperialism. The first chapter introduces the research question and evaluates the present state of the historiography. The second chapter explores attitudes towards foreign investment within national politics, focussing on the dominant verdad de la deuda doctrine, concluding that the loss of Panama led to national sovereignty taking precedent over economic development within public policy. The third chapter explores the history of what are termed the 'Northern Railways': a group of companies conceived to connect the north-east of the interior with the capital city BogotaÌ. The fourth chapter explores the Colombian National Railway Company, which connected BogotaÌ with the Magdalena River. The fifth chapter investigates the railways of the Caribbean coast, which linked the ports of Barranquilla and Santa Marta with the Magdalena River. The sixth chapter focusses on
Primmer, Andrew
Capital, monopoly and economic nationalism : a history of British railways in Colombia, 1902-1930. This PhD thesis focusses on British railway companies in Colombia during 1902-30. It explores the impact of instability, insecure property rights, business culture, civil conflict, regionalism, national politics, and contractual instability on British overseas investment. It also evaluates whether British railway companies represented economic imperialism. The first chapter introduces the research question and evaluates the present state of the historiography. The second chapter explores attitudes towards foreign investment within national politics, focussing on the dominant verdad de la deuda doctrine, concluding that the loss of Panama led to national sovereignty taking precedent over economic development within public policy. The third chapter explores the history of what are termed the 'Northern Railways': a group of companies conceived to connect the north-east of the interior with the capital city BogotaÌ. The fourth chapter explores the Colombian National Railway Company, which connected BogotaÌ with the Magdalena River. The fifth chapter investigates the railways of the Caribbean coast, which linked the ports of Barranquilla and Santa Marta with the Magdalena River. The sixth chapter focusses on
capital monopoly economic nationalism history british railway colombia phd focus british railway company colombia explores_impact instability insecure property_right business culture civil conflict regionalism national_politics contractual instability british overseas investment also evaluate whether british railway company represent economic imperialism first introduce question evaluate present state historiography second explores attitude_towards foreign investment within national_politics focus dominant doctrine conclude loss panama lead national sovereignty take precedent economic_development within public_policy third explores history term northern railways group company conceive connect north_east interior capital_city fourth explores colombian national railway company connect river fifth investigates railway caribbean coast link port river sixth focus