Engines for empire : the Victorian army and its use of railways /

Engines for empire : the Victorian army and its use of railways /

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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 monit...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Spiers, Edward M. (Author)
Corporate Author: Manchester University Press ebooks
Format: Book Chapter
Language:English
Published: Manchester, UK : Manchester University Press, 2015.
Series:Studies in imperialism (Manchester, England)
Subjects:
Great Britain. > Army > Transportation.
Great Britain. > Army.
1800-1899
Military railroads > History > 19th century.
Transportation, Military > History > 19th century.
Railroads > Design and construction > 19th century.
Colonialism and imperialism.
Humanities > History.
HISTORY > Europe > Great Britain > General.
Transportation, Military.
Railroads > Design and construction.
Military railroads.
British colonies.
Armed Forces > Transportation.
Colonialism & imperialism > History: specific events & topics.
Great Britain > Colonies > History.
Electronic books
History.

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