| Description |
1 online resource (471 p.) |
| Contents |
Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- 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 |
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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 |
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14. Railway Development in India: A Study of Extension to Colonial Orissa -- Bibliography -- List of Contributors |
| Notes |
Description based upon print version of record |
| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781000427400 |
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1000427404 |
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