Financing India's Imperial Railways, 1875-1914

ISBN-13: 9781848930476 / Angielski / Twarda / 2011 / 272 str.

Opis

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.

Spis treści

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;

O autorze

Sweeney, Stuart