Baroda State
Bhore Ghats
Broad Gauge
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colonial infrastructure
Colonial Orissa
Colonial South Asia
Diesel Electric Locomotives
East Indian Railway
East Indian Railway Company
environmental impact assessment
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Firemen
Forest Department
forest policy South Asia
Gaikwad Baroda State railway
Great Indian Peninsular Railways
Himalayan Forests
historical railway development case studies
imperial governance
Indian Railway
industrial workforce studies
Kadi District
Madras Presidency
Madras Railways
Manohar Publishers
Mg Line
Narrow Gauge
North Bihar
North Western Railway
Nuwara Eliya
Pakistan Railway
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Railway Department
Railway Development in India
Railways and Forests
Sri Lanka Railway
Sri Lankan Railways
Tamil Nadu
transport history
Wood Stock
Product details
- ISBN 9781032057378
- Weight: 653g
- Dimensions: 138 x 216mm
- Publication Date: 14 Jun 2021
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
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This book is an interesting collection of essays on the Railways in Colonial South Asia. The book introduces the key concepts which have now entered the study of railway history, e.g. economy, ecology, culture, health and crime through the various essays. The well researched essays include those on the Imperial Railways in nineteenth century South Asia, Pakistan Railway, Impact of railway expansion on the Himalayan forests, development of the Sri Lankan Railways, a study of the European employees of the BB & CI Railways, problems of Indian Railway up to c. ad 1900, railways in Gujarati literature and tradition, mapping the Gaikwad Baroda State Railway on the colonial rail network, coming of railways in Bihar, expansion of railway to colonial Orissa, etc.
This book will be of immense value to those researching on various dimensions of railway transport in colonial South Asia. It can also be read by the more perceptive general reader exploring books on railways.
Please note: Taylor & Francis does not sell or distribute the Hardback in India, Pakistan, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka.
Ganeswar Nayak is Assistant Professor and Head, Department of History, F.M. Autonomous College, Balasore, Orissa.
