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Engines for Empire - The Victorian Army and its Use of Railways (Hardcover)
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Engines for Empire - The Victorian Army and its Use of Railways (Hardcover)
Series: Studies in Imperialism
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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 monitored foreign wars, and how it came
to use the railway in both support and operational roles. The
British army's innovation is also revealed, through its design and
use of armoured trains, the restructuring of hospital trains, and
in its capacity to build and repair railway track, bridges, and
signals under field conditions. This volume provides insights on
the role of railways in imperial development, as a focus of social
interaction between adversaries, and as a means of projecting
imperial power. It will make fascinating reading for students,
academics and enthusiasts in military and imperial history,
Victorian studies, railway history and colonial warfare. -- .
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