'British imperialism in Uruguay. The public utility companies and the batllista state, 1900-1930' in C Abel & C M Lewis (eds), Latin America, Economic Imperialism and the State. The political economy of the external connection from independence to the present
Details:
- Author(s) Finch, M H J
- Publication type Chapter
- Year published 1985
- Pages pp250-66
- Publisher Athlone Press
- Place Published London
Topics:
- Name Diplomatic issues inc imperialism
Countries:
- Uruguay
Library:
- Name British Library
- City London
- County Greater London
- Country England
- Postcode NW1 2DB
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Notes:
Analyses the behaviour of the largest British owned public utility companies in Uruguay and the relations which British interests in general enjoyed with the host country'. Sections cover the determinants of the relationship between the two countries; political attitudes re public utilities; areas of conflict - franchises, tariffs, labour; government regulation and intervention; constraints upon external controls. The major entities covered are:Central Uruquay Railway Co; Montevideo Waterworks Co Ltd; Montevideo Telephone Co Ltd; Montevideo Gas Co