India's Railway History—A Research Handbook

This is a research handbook addressing the past, present, and future of the railways of India. The goal of authors Hurd (emeritus, economics, Norwich U., US) and Kerr (history, U. of Manitoba, Canada), was not to achieve any illusory attempt at completeness but instead to provide illustrative entry points into the sizeable body of primary and secondary sources as well as illustrative examples based on original research of the ways in which sources can be utilized to study India's railways. The offer a brief survey of India's railway history from 1830 to 2010, review secondary and primary sources available for research, demonstrate the use of sources in a discussion of cultural dimensions of the railways, and offer guidance on the use of statistics and maps. Annotation c2012 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

John Hurd II, PhD. (1969) is a Professor Emeritus, Economics, Norwich University. Since 1970, he has been researching and publishing papers on Indian Railways.Ian J. Kerr, Ph.D. (1975) is a Senior Scholar, History, University of Manitoba and a Professorial Research Associate, History, SOAS. He has published extensively including Engines of Change. The Railroads That Made India (Praeger, 2007; Orient BlackSwan, 2011).