1st Edition

Railways and International Politics Paths of Empire, 1848-1945

Edited By T.G. Otte, Keith Neilson Copyright 2006
254 Pages
by Routledge

256 Pages
by Routledge

256 Pages
by Routledge

This new study brings together leading experts to show how the modern world began with the coming of the railway. They clearly explain why it had a greater impact than any other technical or industrial innovation before and completely redefined the limits of the civilized world. While the effect of railways on economic development is self-evident, little attention has been paid to their impact... Read more

1. "Railpolitik": An Introduction Keith Neilson and T.G. Otte  2. Railroads, the Prussian Army, and the German Way of War in the Nineteenth Century Dennis E. Showalter  3. "The Most Catastrophic Question": Railway Development and Military Strategy in Late Imperial Russia Anthony J. Heywood  4. The Sanjak of Novibazar Railway Project F.R. Bridge  5. The Railway-Oceanic Era, the India-China and India-Singapore Railway Schemes, and Siam Nigel Brailey  6. "The Baghdad Railway of the Far East": The Tientsin-Yangtze Railway and Anglo-German Relations, 1898-1914 T.G. Otte  7. Lord Curzon and British Strategic Railways in Central Asia before, during and after World War I John Fisher  8. The Baghdad to Haifa Railway: The Culmination of Railway Planning for Imperial Defence East of Suez Keith Neilson  9. Managing the Hajj: Indian Pilgrim Traffic, Public Health, and Transportation in Arabia, 1918-1930 Martin Thomas  10. Barometer of War: British Views of Imperial Security in the Far East, Russo-Japanese Relations and the Chinese Eastern Railway, 1929-1935 Greg Kennedy  11. Swiss-Transalpine Railway Lines: Strategic Railways and the Strategy of Deterrence Neville Wylie  Index

Biography

Otte, T.G.; Neilson, Keith