India's Railway History

Hurd, John [u.a.]:
India's Railway History : a Research Handbook / John Hurd, and Ian J. Kerr. - Leiden [u.a.] : Brill, 2012. - xxii, 338 S. : Ill. - (Handbook of Oriental Studies : Section 2, South Asia ; 27)
ISBN 978-90-04-23003-3
EUR 110,00 / US$ 151,00
DDC: 385.0954

Beschreibung
India has had operating railways for well-over 150 years: railways that have played a central and well-documented role in the making of India in the colonial and post-colonial eras. This handbook provides a reference guide for researchers interested in almost any facet of the history, colonial and post-colonial, of these railways. The secondary literature is identified and surveyed, primary sources and their locations identified, statistical and cartographic data discussed and presented, and a massive bibliography made available. This handbook is the indispensable tool for anyone seeking to understand India's railways and the roles they played in the making of modern India. [Verlagsinformation]

Inhalt
List of Tables. xi
List of Illustrations and Maps. xiii
Acknowledgements. xv
Preface. xix
List of Abbreviations. xxiii
1. Context: A Brief Survey of India's Railway History, circa 1830-circa 2010. 1
2. Secondary Sources: Writing the Railways of India, circa 1830-circa 2012. 29
3. Primary Sources: Varieties, Descriptions and Locations. 61
4. Cultural Dimensions of India's Railways: Representation, Representations, and Sources. 97
5. Statistics and Maps: Two Types of Sources Described in Greater Detail. 137
6. Statistics: Further Treasures, Applications and Opportunities. 161
Appendix. 203
Bibliography. 253
Index. 327

Autoren
John Hurd II, PhD. (1969) is a Professor Emeritus, Economics, Norwich University. Since 1970, he has been researching and publishing papers on Indian Railways.
Ian J. Kerr, Ph.D. (1975) is a Senior Scholar, History, University of Manitoba and a Professorial Research Associate, History, SOAS. He has published extensively including Engines of Change. The Railroads That Made India (Praeger, 2007; Orient BlackSwan, 2011). Profile page.

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