Roy, Tirthankar ORCID: 0000-0002-4183-2781 (2023) Book review: Railways' economic impact on Uttar Pradesh and colonial North India (1860-1914): the iron Raj by Ian D. Derbyshire. LSE Review of Books (06 Jan 2023). Blog Entry.
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Abstract
In The Iron Raj, Ian D. Derbyshire explores the economic impact of the railways in India’s most populous region, present-day Uttar Pradesh, between 1860 and 1914. The book makes a methodological contribution to the economic history of colonial India and a substantial addition to the growing literature rethinking the role of the railways in shaping economic change, writes Tirthankar Roy. Railways’ Economic Impact on Uttar Pradesh and Colonial North India (1860-1914): The Iron Raj. Ian D. Derbyshire. Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2022.
Item Type: | Online resource (Blog Entry) |
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Official URL: | https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/lsereviewofbooks/ |
Additional Information: | © 2023 The Author |
Divisions: | Economic History |
Subjects: | P Language and Literature > PN Literature (General) D History General and Old World > DS Asia H Social Sciences > HC Economic History and Conditions H Social Sciences > HE Transportation and Communications |
Date Deposited: | 27 Feb 2023 09:51 |
Last Modified: | 11 Dec 2024 21:18 |
URI: | http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/118084 |
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