Format:
1 Online-Ressource (ix, 198 Seiten)
,
Illustrationen, Karten
ISBN:
9781784991807
Series Statement:
Studies in Imperialism
Content:
Engines for Empire examines the use of the railway by the British army from the 1830s to 1914, a period of domestic political strife and unprecedented imperial expansion. The book uses a wide array of sources and images to demonstrate how the Victorian army embraced this new technology, how it monitored foreign wars, and how it came to use the railway in both support and operational roles. The British army's innovation is also revealed, through its design and use of armoured trains, the restructuring of hospital trains, and in its capacity to build and repair railway track, bridges, and signals under field conditions.This volume provides insights on the role of railways in imperial development, as a focus of social interaction between adversaries, and as a means of projecting imperial power
Note:
1. Public order: the army and railways --2. Railways and home defence --3. Railway experiments in mid-Victorian wars --4. Operational railways --5. Strategic railways in India --6. Sudan military railway --7. Railways on the Veld: the South African War, 1899-1902 --8. Conclusion: railways and the preparation for war, 1914 --Appendix 1: Working methods on the Sudan Railway, 1884-52 --Appendix 2. Indian volunteer railway units --Bibliography --Index
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe, Hardcover ISBN 978-0-7190-8615-1
Language:
English
Subjects:
Engineering
Keywords:
Großbritannien
;
Kolonialmacht
;
Militär
;
Eisenbahn
;
Geschichte 1830-1914
DOI:
10.7765/9781784991807
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