Narrow Gauge in the Tropics
Indiana University Press (Verlag)
978-0-253-06029-7 (ISBN)
During the mid-19th century under colonial rule, the Dutch East Indies experienced enormous increases in production of sugar, coffee, and other commodities, resulting in a great dilemma: How were these goods to be moved to port when wagons hauled by animals was the only available form of transportation? The solution was to build a railway network through some of the most challenging terrain on the planet.
Lavishly illustrated, Narrow Gauge in the Tropics explores technical aspects of the construction of the railways over difficult terrain, the origin of the technicians who made the seemingly impossible happen, and the social impact of the railways on the indigenous population.
Augustus J. Veenendaal, Jr., is a professional historian who worked for the Institute of Netherlands History of The Hague, Netherlands, and the Netherlands Railways (NS). He has published extensively, in Dutch and in English, chiefly covering the railroads of his home country and those of the United States, including the financial involvement of Dutch investors in the building of US railroads.
Preface
Acknowledgements
1. The Dutch or Netherlands East Indies
2. The First Railway on Java
3. The Choice of the Most Suitable Railway Gauge for the East Indies
4. State or Private Railways?
5. The Early State Railways
6. Slowing Down and Reorganization
7. Railways of Sumatra
8. Sumatra's Other Railways
9. The Coming of the Steam Tram
10. Toward a New Prosperity
11. The Private Companies until 1914
12. World War One and Its Golden Aftermath
13. Travel in the Tropics—Electrification
14. The Non-Public Railways
15. Worldwide Depression and Slow Recovery
16. Epilogue
Maps
Gazetteer
Abbreviations
Sources and Suggestions for Further Reading
Index
| Erscheinungsdatum | 11.04.2022 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | Railroads Past and Present |
| Zusatzinfo | 20 Maps; 125 Illustrations, black and white |
| Verlagsort | Bloomington, IN |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 178 x 254 mm |
| Gewicht | 885 g |
| Themenwelt | Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Fotokunst |
| Natur / Technik ► Fahrzeuge / Flugzeuge / Schiffe ► Schienenfahrzeuge | |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-253-06029-X / 025306029X |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-253-06029-7 / 9780253060297 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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