Africa's freedom railway how a Chinese development project changed lives and livelihoods in Tanzania /

• Main Author: Monson, Jamie.
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Bloomington : Indiana University Press, ©2009.
• Subjects: Railroads > Tanzania.; Economic assistance, Chinese > Tanzania.; Economic development projects > Tanzania.; Economic assistance, Chinese.; Economic development projects.; Railroads.; TRANSPORTATION > History. > Railroads; International economic relations.; Africa > Foreign economic relations > China.; China > Foreign economic relations > Africa.; Africa.; China.; Tanzania.; Electronic books.
• Online Access: View fulltext via EzAccess
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (xii, 199 pages) : illustrations maps
• Format: Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references pages (183-191) and index.
• ISBN: 9780253002815 (electronic bk.); 0253002818 (electronic bk.)

The TAZARA (Tanzania Zambia Railway Authority), or Freedom Railway, from Dar es Salaam on the Tanzanian coast to the Copperbelt region of Zambia, was instrumental in fostering one of the most sweeping development transitions in postcolonial Africa. Built during the height of the Cold War, the railway was intended to redirect the mineral wealth of the interior away from routes through South Africa and Rhodesia. Rebuffed by Western aid agencies, newly independent Tanzania and Zambia accepted help from China.