British routes to India. (2018)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Halford Lancaster Hoskins.
• Authors: Hoskins, Halford Lancaster, 1891-1967
• Contents: Beginnings of English Interest in Egypt -- International Competition for the Overland Route -- Blows at Britain's "Feet of Clay" -- Steam and the All-Sea Route to India -- Tentative Trials of the Suez Passage -- The Shaping of a British Eastern Policy -- Attempts to Open the Euphrates Route -- Paving the Way to India -- Establishment of the Overland Route -- The Comprehensive Plan of Communication -- Disputed Guardianship of the Routes to India -- Beginnings of the Suez Canal -- The Euphrates Valley Railway -- The Building of the Suez Canal -- Telegraphic Routes to the East -- Improvements in Eastern Communications -- Revival of Projects for an Alternative Route -- The Canal and the Control of Egypt.
• Publisher Details: London : Routledge
• Publication Date: 2018
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 382.094054; Trade routes -- India; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Exports & Imports; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / International / General; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / International / Marketing; POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / Trade & Tariffs; Commerce; Trade routes; HISTORY / General; Europe -- Commerce -- India -- History; India -- Commerce -- Europe -- History; Europe; India; Electronic books; History
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780429400520; 0429400527; 9780429682957; 0429682956; 9780429682933; 9780429682940; 0429682948
• Related ISBNs: 042968293X; 9780367002565; 0367002566
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Print version record.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.