Roads to Progress: Public Perceptions of Highway Construction in Peru, 1920–30

Authors

Mark Rice, CUNY Bernard M Baruch CollegeFollow

Document Type

Presentation

Publication Date

1-2015

Abstract

This paper, presented at the AHA/CLAH Annual Meeting in 2015 examines how Peruvians viewed the ongoing construction of roads in the early twentieth century. I argue that public support for road construction stemmed from the perception that such infrastructure would economically and culturally modernize Peru.