Railways & the Raj: How the Age of Steam Transformed India by Christian Wolmar

Railways & the Raj: How the Age of Steam Transformed India

Christian Wolmar

384 pages first pub 2017 (editions)

nonfiction history adventurous informative medium-paced
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India was the jewel in the crown of the British Empire, with 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 ...

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