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

Other author Davis, Clarence B. (Clarence Baldwin)
Other author Wilburn, Kenneth E.
Other author Robinson, Ronald, 1920-1999
Format Book
Publication InfoNew York : Greenwood Press, 1991.
Descriptionxix, 225 pages : maps ; 24 cm.
Subjects

SeriesContributions in comparative colonial studies ; no. 26, 0163-3813 ;
Contributions in comparative colonial studies ; no. 26. ^A417850
Contents Railway imperialism / Ronald E. Robinson -- Railway imperialism in Canada, 1847-1865 / Donald W. Roman -- Engines of empire and independence : railways in South Africa, 1863-1916 / Kenneth E. Wilburn, Jr. -- Railway politics and imperialism in Central Africa, 1889-1953 / W. Travis Hanes III -- Profits and visions : British capital and railway construction in Argentina, 1854-1886 / William J. Fleming -- In the path of progress : railroads and moral reform in Porfirian Mexico / William E. French -- Railways, Raj, and the Indian states : policy of collaboration and coercion in Hyderabad / Tara Sethia -- Thailand's railways and informal imperialism / David F. Holm -- Russia, the Soviet Union, and the Chinese Eastern Railway / R. Edward Glatfelter -- Railway imperialism in China, 1895-1939 / Clarence B. Davis -- Railways and informal empire / Ronald E. Robinson.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 89026025
ISBN0313259666 (lib. bdg. : alk. paper)