Financing India's Imperial Railways, 1875-1914

1. Auflage 2011
ISBN: 978-1-84893-047-6
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 268 Seiten, Format (B × H): 161 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 575 g

Reihe: Perspectives in Economic and Social History

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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Sweeney, Stuart

Fachgebiete

• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Volkswirtschaftslehre Allgemein
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Asiatische Geschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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

Über Autor(innen)

Sweeney, Stuart