This amusing personal account of the Indian Railways focuses on the experience of the passenger and is packed with lively ancedotes. But it goes much beyond that taking in every imaginable aspect of the railways' history and current practices. Little escapes the author's fond,acerbic, and searching eye, as it ranges from station bookshops and ministry bureaucracy to locomotive types and tracks, from the technical aspects of railway administration to the broader issues of the effects of the railways upon Indian culture and ...
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This amusing personal account of the Indian Railways focuses on the experience of the passenger and is packed with lively ancedotes. But it goes much beyond that taking in every imaginable aspect of the railways' history and current practices. Little escapes the author's fond,acerbic, and searching eye, as it ranges from station bookshops and ministry bureaucracy to locomotive types and tracks, from the technical aspects of railway administration to the broader issues of the effects of the railways upon Indian culture and their vital contribution to the economy.
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Add this copy of Exploring Indian Railways to cart. $30.13, good condition, Sold by John C. Newland rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Cheltenham, Glos., UNITED KINGDOM, published 1994 by Oxford University Press.
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Used-Good. Good hardback in Good dust jacket. 1st Indian edition; end paper maps; B&W illustrations. Internally VG; top corner of front board bumped, with another wrinkle in cloth; dust jacket a little shelf-worn.
Add this copy of Exploring Indian Railways to cart. $40.15, good condition, Sold by Baggins Book Bazaar rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Rochester, KENT, UNITED KINGDOM, published 1994 by Oxford University Press.
