ABSTRACT

This 4-volume collection is the first compilation of primary sources to historicize the cultural impact of railways on a global scale from their inception in Great Britain to the Great Depression. Gathered together are over 200 rare out-of-print published and unpublished materials from archival and digital repositories throughout the world. Organized by historical geography, the second volume spans the British Empire.

part 1|44 pages

Mobility and Mutability

part 2|47 pages

Modernity and the Masses

part 3|27 pages

Kipling’s Railway Kingdom

part 4|29 pages

Anglo-Indian Junctions

part 5|43 pages

Colonial Railways

part 6|26 pages

Railways and the Spread of Epidemic Disease

part 7|48 pages

Railways and Crime

part 8|40 pages

The Railway as Oasis

part 9|82 pages

Railways and the Re-Partitioning of British Africa

part 10|53 pages

Australiana and Aborigines