Steamboats on the Indus: the limits of western technological superiority in South Asia/
Clive Dewey.
- 1st ed.
- New Delhi: Oxford University Press, 2014.
- xiii, 296 p. : ill. ; 29 cm.
Constraints 1. The Rivers; The 'Hazards of Navigation' 2. The Steamboats: The Technological Trap 3. The Money: Costs and Losses
Activities 4. Passengers 5. Cargoes 6. The Steamboats' Military Role
Competitors 7. The Indian Summer of the Country Boats 8. The Country Boats and the Country Boatmen 9. The Fate of the Ferries
Rationale 10. The Psychological Impact of the Steamboats 11. The Sting in the Tale
9780198092193 0198092199
River boats--History--South Asia Steamboats--History--South Asia River boats. Steamboats.