Financing India's Imperial Railways 1875-1914

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ISBN:9781848930483
Editorial: Pickering And Chatto
Fecha de la edición:2011
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Nº Pág.:272
Idiomas:Español

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The Indian railway network began as a liberal experiment to promote trade and commerce, the distribution of food and military mobility. Sweeney's study focuses on Britain's largest overseas investment project during the nineteenth century, offering a new perspective on the Anglo-Indian experience

Contents
Introduction
1 'Productive' Indian Railways, 1875-1914: Space for Gentlemanly Capitalists and Industrialists in a Mixed Economy
2 Indian Railways and Famines, 1875-1914: Magic Wheels and Empty Stomachs
3 Military Railways in India, 1875-1914: Russophobia, Technology and the Indian Taxpayer
4 Indian Railroading: Floating Railway Companies in the Late Nineteenth Century
5 Northern Wars and Southern Diplomacy: Sir Douglas Forsyth's Second Career on the Indian Railways
6 Eminent ICS Victorians: Richard Strachey and Theodore Hope as Poachers and Gamekeepers
7 Background, Proceedings and Legacy of the Mackay Committee of 1908: Gentlemanly Capitalists, Indian Nationalists and Laissez Faire
Conclusions