Railways and The Raj: How the Age of Steam Transformed India by Christian Wolmar
English | November 2nd, 2017 | ASIN: B073QCJX9C, ISBN: 0857890646 | 384 Pages | EPUB | 7.10 MB
India was the jewel in the crown of the British Empire. There were vast riches to be exploited and vast numbers of people to be subjugated. How better to achieve these aims than by building a rail network that facilitated the export of raw material and made it easier for troops to travel around the country to tackle uprisings?