Financing India's Imperial Railways, 1875–1914

Stuart Sweeney

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Stuart Sweeney

Publisher:: Pickering & Chatto
Online publication date:: December 2014
Online ISBN:: 9781848930483

Subjects:: Regional and World History: General Interest, History

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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.

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Frontmatter
pp i-vi

CONTENTS
pp vii-vii

Dedication
pp viii-viii

Introduction
pp 1-12

1 - ‘Productive’ Indian Railways, 1875–1914: Space for Gentlemanly Capitalists and Industrialists in a Mixed Economy
pp 13-42

2 - Indian Railways and Famines, 1875–1914: Magic Wheels and Empty Stomachs
pp 43-66

3 - Military Railways in India, 1875–1914: Russophobia, Technology and the Indian Taxpayer
pp 67-96

4 - Indian Railroading: Floating Railway Companies in the Late Nineteenth Century
pp 97-114

5 - Northern Wars and Southern Diplomacy: Sir Douglas Forsyth's Second Career on the Indian Railways
pp 115-138

6 - Eminent ICS Victorians: Richard Strachey and Theodore Hope as Poachers and Gamekeepers
pp 139-158

7 - Background, Proceedings and Legacy of the Mackay Committee of 1908: Gentlemanly Capitalists, Indian Nationalists and Laissez-faire
pp 159-178

Conclusion
pp 179-186

Appendices
pp 187-196

Notes
pp 197-232

Works Cited
pp 233-246

Index
pp 247-260

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