Enginеs of Chаngе: Thе Rаilroаds Thаt Mаdе Indiа (Moving through History: Trаnsportаtion аnd Sociеty)
Publisher: Prаеgеr Publishеrs
Number of Pages: 224
Published: 2006-12-30
List price: $49.95
The former Jewel in the Crown of the British Empire, India remains, by any measure, a major economic and political actor on the world scene. Without her extensive railway network--completed against all odds by her British colonial masters--it is impossible to imagine what might have become of the diverse lands and peoples of the subcontinent. These railway networks brought them together as a colony; these networks fostered the nationalism that would be Britain’s downfall. This rail network both remade the physical landscape and brought social-cultural cohesion to a diverse and wide-rangi...