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Hardcover Narrow Gauge in the Tropics: The Railways of the Dutch East Indies, 1864-1942 Book

ISBN: 025306029X

ISBN13: 9780253060297

Narrow Gauge in the Tropics: The Railways of the Dutch East Indies, 1864-1942

(Part of the Railroads Past and Present Series)

Narrow Gauge in the Tropics is the first comprehensive history of railways and tramways in the Dutch East Indies (modern Indonesia) from breaking ground in 1864 to the invasion of the Japanese during World War II.

During the mid-19th century under colonial rule, the Dutch East Indies experienced enormous increases in production of sugar, coffee, and other commodities, resulting in a great dilemma: How were these goods to be moved...

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