Political Economy of Railways in British India, 1850-1900

Historiography of the 19th century India is replete with lively debates on several aspects of the colonial economic policy such as Laissez faire, Free Trade, De-Industrialization, Land Tax, Economic Drain, etc. The railroad was one such issue that engaged the minds of the contemporary commentators, British civil servants, Indian Nationalist thinkers and the later-day academicians.