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Page 55
The importance of maritime communications to a nation possessing more than
half the Pacific coastline of the continent is ... have always been important , even
though these involved journeys around Cape Horn or through Magellan's Strait .
The importance of maritime communications to a nation possessing more than
half the Pacific coastline of the continent is ... have always been important , even
though these involved journeys around Cape Horn or through Magellan's Strait .
Page 57
The least important is the Arica - Tacna line , which forms the only rail link
between Chile and Peru . As practically all ... Of considerable international
importance is the Arica - La Paz railway , a State line , affording the shortest
routes ...
The least important is the Arica - Tacna line , which forms the only rail link
between Chile and Peru . As practically all ... Of considerable international
importance is the Arica - La Paz railway , a State line , affording the shortest
routes ...
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The coal - mining unions supported the Communist - controlled section , the
nitrate and railway workers ' unions were somewhat divided , and the copper -
mining unions , and most of the important manufacturing unions of Santiago and
...
The coal - mining unions supported the Communist - controlled section , the
nitrate and railway workers ' unions were somewhat divided , and the copper -
mining unions , and most of the important manufacturing unions of Santiago and
...
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Contents
THE PEOPLE | 12 |
HISTORY AND POLITICS | 29 |
GENERAL ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS | 47 |
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Chile, an Outline of Its Geography, Economics, and Politics Gilbert J. Butland No preview available - 1956 |
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