Railway imperialism

著者

• Davis, Clarence B. (Clarence Baldwin)
• Wilburn, Kenneth E.
• Robinson, Ronald Edward

書誌事項

Railway imperialism

edited by Clarence B. Davis and Kenneth E. Wilburn, Jr. with Ronald E. Robinson

（Contributions in comparative colonial studies, no. 26）

Greenwood Press, 1991

注記

Bibliographical references: p. [197]-204

Includes index

内容説明・目次

内容説明

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.

目次

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

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詳細情報

• NII書誌ID(NCID): BA1238146X
• ISBN:
  • 9780313259661
• LCCN: 89026025
• 出版国コード: us
• タイトル言語コード: eng
• 本文言語コード: eng
• 出版地: New York
• ページ数/冊数: xix, 225 p.
• 大きさ: 24 cm
• 分類:
  • LCC : HE1041
  • DC20 : 385/.09
• 件名:
  • LCSH : Railroads -- History
  • LCSH : Railroads -- Political aspects -- History
  • LCSH : Imperialism -- History
  • LCSH : Colonization -- History
• 親書誌ID:
  • BA00630793