India's Railway History

India's Railway History
Author: John Hurd II
Publisher: BRILL
Total Pages: 361
Release: 2012-08-03
Genre: Transportation
ISBN: 9004230033

This handbook provides an indispensable reference guide to most aspects of the history of India’s railways. The secondary literature is surveyed, primary sources identified, statistical and cartographic data discussed, and a massive bibliography made available.

Constantinople to Córdoba

Constantinople to Córdoba
Author: Michael Greenhalgh
Publisher: BRILL
Total Pages: 572
Release: 2012-08-01
Genre: History
ISBN: 9004229272

Offering a multitude of examples through the centuries, this book examines how the architecture of the ancient world was transformed or destroyed under Byzantium and Islam, to produce new forms which often owed their materials and sometimes their styles to the past.