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Contributions in Comparative Colonial Studies: Railway Imperialism by Kenneth E. Wilburn (1991, Hardcover)

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Title: Railway Imperialism. Language: English. Number of Pages: 248. Weight: 1.16 lbs. Publication Date: 1991-04-30. Publisher: Praeger.

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This contributed volume explores the relationship between imperialism, railways, and informal empire. Contributors account for the origins of main lines in several independent and self-governing countries. The essays reflect on the imperial and anti-imperial effects of railways, whose rails traced the divergent paths of expanding capitalism, imperial strategy, and modernizing nationalism. The reader is thereby offered an opportunity of seeing the slippery notion of informal empire in operation, and of testing its validity. The railway has often been studied from the standpoint of imperialism; this book makes a beginning with studying imperialism from the standpoint of the railway. Following the book's introduction, which explains the imperial model considered in each chapter case study, the book opens with essays on railway imperialism in Canada, South Africa, Central Africa, Argentina, Mexico, the Indian States, Thailand, Russia and China. The last essay, written by Ronald E. Robinson, ties the book together with an engaging analysis of railway imperialism. This book should appeal to researchers and students interested in the history of imperialism and the history of railways.

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Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN-10
0313259666
ISBN-13
9780313259661
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Author
Kenneth E. Wilburn
Publication Name
Railway Imperialism
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Publication Year
1991
Series
Contributions in Comparative Colonial Studies
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
248 Pages

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Item Length
9.2in
Item Height
0.6in
Item Width
6.1in
Item Weight
18.8 Oz

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Series Volume Number
No. 26
Number of Volumes
1 Vol.
Lc Classification Number
He1041
Reviews
"Essays in this collection cover European and American railway construction and strategy in Argentina, Canada, Central Africa, China, India, Mexico, South Africa, and Thailand. Although the essays vary in quality, they pursue a similar theme, namely, that railroad mania spread outside Europe and the US after the mid-19th century and that these widely scattered ribbons of iron and steel created altered patterns of trade and power. "The locomotive clearly had a unique propensity for integrating and annexing territory, for monopolizing its resources, and for preempting the future of great stretches of country. All of these implications . . . gave rise to a distinctive type of railway imperialism, which added a new dimension to European expansion and projected it to a higher pitch of intensity over a vastly extended range." The volume is blessed with an exceptionally thoughtful concluding essay, "Railways and Informal Empire," which ties together effectively the individual pieces. Since no previous work explores the relationship between railways and imperialism, this title holds considerable value, most of all to economic, political, and social historians. It is well documented, contains helpful maps, and includes a usable selected bibliography. Upper-division undergraduates and above." Choice, "Every essay is based on extensive archival research, and the result is one of the best general contributions to the economic history of imperialism in recent years." Business History Rev
Table of Content
Preface Introduction: Railway Imperialism Railway Imperialism in Canada, 1847-1865 Engines of Empire and Independence: Railways in South Africa, 1863-1916 Railways Politics and Imperialism in Central Africa, 1889-1953 Profits and Visions: British Capital and Railway Construction in Argentina, 1854-1886 In the Path of Progress: Railroads and Moral Reform in Porfirian Mexico Railways, Raj, and the Indian States: Policy of Collaboration and Coercion in Hyderabad Thailand's Railways and Informal Imperialism Russia, the Soviet Union, and the Chinese Eastern Railway Railway Imperialism in China, 1895-1939 Conclusion: Railways and Informal Empire Selected Bibliography Index
Copyright Date
1991
Target Audience
College Audience
Topic
Railroads / History, Imperialism, World
Lccn
89-026025
Dewey Decimal
385/.09
Dewey Edition
20
Illustrated
Yes
Genre
Transportation, History, Political Science

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