The Railways in Colonial South Asia (eBook, PDF)

Economy, Ecology and Culture
Redaktion: Nayak, Ganeswar

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

This book is an interesting collection of essays on the Railways in Colonial South Asia. The book introduces the key concepts which have now entered the study of railway history, e.g. economy, ecology, culture, health and crime through the various essays.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 470
• Erscheinungstermin: 13. Juni 2021
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781000427400
• Artikelnr.: 61376495

Autorenporträt

Ganeswar Nayak is Assistant Professor and Head, Department of History, F.M. Autonomous College, Balasore, Orissa.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: The Railways in Colonial South Asia 1. Imperial Railway in
Nineteenth Century South Asia 2. Pakistan's Railway: A Painful History? 3.
The Impact of Railway Expansion on Himalayan Forests 4. Railways and
Forests: History of Railways and their Impact on Forest Policies of South
India, 1850-1900 5. The Rise and Fall of Pakistan Railway, 1849-2013 6. An
Overview of the Development of the Sri Lanka Railway 7. The Covenanted
Workforce: A Study of the European Employees of BB&CI Railway in Colonial
India, 1852-1870 8. Construction of Railway Line over Thall and Bhore Ghat:
A Dream Come True 9. Problems of Indian Railways upto c. 1900 10.
Socio-Cultural History: Railways in Gujarati Literature and Traditions 11.
Mapping the Gaikward's Baroda State Railway on the Colonial Rail-Network
12. Colonialism and Transformation in Punjab: A Story of Railway
Development 13. Railways in Bihar: Peasant Protest, Response of Raj and
Compensation 14. Railway Development in India: A Study of Extension to
Colonial Orissa