Book review: Railways' economic impact on Uttar Pradesh and colonial North India (1860-1914): the iron Raj by Ian D. Derbyshire

Roy, Tirthankar (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)
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:	15 Sep 2023 11:38
URI:	http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/118084

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