Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Chapter 1- Envisioning Promontory (1820-1850) -- Chapter 2- In the Path of History (1850-1865) -- Chapter 3- The Battle of the Maps (1865-1868) -- Chapter 4- A Moment of Glory: Promontory, 1869 -- Chapter 5- On the Early Mainline...

This handbook provides an indispensable reference guide to most aspects of the history of India's railways. The secondary literature is surveyed, primary sources identified, statistical and cartographic data discussed, and a massive bibliography made available.

Despite the Mexican government's projected image of prosperity and modernity in the years following World War II, workers who felt that Mexico's progress had come at their expense became increasingly discontented. From 1948 to 1958, unelected and often corrupt officials of STFRM, the railroad...

Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. The Discourse of Development -- 2. De Viaje: Elite Views of Modernity and the Railroad Boom -- 3. Festivals of Progress -- 4. The Price of Progress -- 5. La Loco-Matona --...

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This book, written by Britain's leading railway historian, provides an authoritative account of the progress made by British Rail prior to privatisation and a unique insight into its difficult role in the government's privatisation planning from 1989. Based on privileged access to the British...