Engines for Empire: The Victorian Army and Its Use of Railways

by Edward M. Spiers

Engines for empire examines the use of the railway by the British army from the 1830s to 1914, a period of domestic political strife and unprecedented imperial expansion. The book uses a wide array of sources and images to demonstrate how the Victorian army embraced this new technology, how it monitored foreign wars, and how it came to use the railway in both support and operational roles. The British army's innovation is also revealed, through...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0719086159
• ISBN13: 9780719086151
• Release Date: August 2015
• Publisher: Manchester University Press
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.3"