Author: Chatterjee, Arup K.
Title: The Purveyors of Destiny: A Cultural Biography of the Indian Railways.
Description: New Delhi Bloomsbury, 2017. 1st ed. Paperback trade (with flaps), very good condition, sepia (brown-tinted) & few colour photos, tiny bump base spine. 321 pp. This book brings together all the elements that go together to make the Indian Railway Systems and the stations so interesting for many people.This is the first time they have appeared in a book replete with anecdotes from colonial and Indian accounts, the nationalist movement, Indian cinema, advertisements, and a lot more - in an ever expanding cultural biography of the Great Indian Railways. The old sepia photos add a charming appeal to the book. ISBN: 9789386950147

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