Building the Railways of the Raj 1850-1900
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Initial publish date
- Jun 1998
- Category
- General
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9780195642384
- Publish Date
- Jun 1998
- List Price
- $16.50
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Description
This volume explains how the British got the Indian Railways built. It is the first wide-scale examination of this subject in modern times. Based on previously little-used primary sources, this pan-Indian study analyses the construction as a grand, subcontinental and inter-continental assembly of many specific work processes.
About the author
Contributor Notes
Ian J. Kerr is Lecturer in History at the University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada.
Editorial Reviews
'From the cloth edition: Ian J. Kerr's carefully documented reconstruction of early Indian railway history reveals a fascinating tale of collaboration and compromise between British engineers and Indian workers - a triumph of management as much as of engineering.' Times Literary Supplement
From the cloth edition:
'Ian J. Kerr's carefully documented reconstruction of early Indian railway history reveals a fascinating tale of collaboration and compromise between British engineers and Indian workers - a triumph of management as much as of engineering.' Times Literary Supplement