Communications in Africa, 1880-1939, Volume 4

1. Auflage 2017
ISBN: 978-1-138-11091-5
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 416 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 454 g

This collection presents rare documents relating to the development of various forms of communication across Africa by the British, as part of their economic investment in Africa. Railways and waterways are examined.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Sunderland, David

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtswissenschaft Allgemein

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Operation: Opening of the Lagos–Ibadan Railway for Traffic (1901), State Ownership and Operation of Railways (1919), Governor Sir W. MacGregor to Mr. Lyttelton (1904), Railway Retrenchment Committee Report and Recommendations (1932), The Birmingham Chamber of Commerce to Colonial Office (1905), The Governor of Uganda to the Secretary of State (1914), Report of the Road-Rail Transport Committee (1945), Report on the Co-ordination of Transport in Kenya, Uganda and the Tanganyika Territory (1937), The Railway Systems of West Africa (1913), ‘The Railways of Africa’ (November 1927), ‘The Railways of Africa’ (December 1927), ‘Some Typical Modern Locomotives and Rolling Stock for African Railways’ (November 1911), Impact of Railways, The Cape to Cairo Railway from the Point of View of African Development (1922), Colonial Railways 1928–38. An Economic Review (1941),‘The Respective Merits of Roads and Railways for Colonial Development’ (1935)

Über Autor(innen)

David Sunderland