The Lunatic Express; An Entertainment in Imperialism

Card covers show light shelf wear. Pages yellowed; A bright, solid book.; Trade PB; Penguin Classic History; Small 8vo 7?" - 8" tall; 559 pages; "On December 11 1895, a young Englishman named George Whitehouse arrived at the sultry east African port of Mombasa. His assignment there; to perform an engineering miracle, the building of a railway from the coast to Lake Victoria in Uganda - a 600 mile route that was largely unmapped and barely explored." Miller examines the reasons behind this decision, whether to exploit the wealth of the the small kingdom, destroy the slave trade or was it an imperialist move to control the upper Nile. He looks at its building and the characters involved. Title: The Lunatic Express; An Entertainment in Imperialism Author Name: Miller, Charles Edition: Reprint ISBN Number: 0141391367 ISBN-13: 9780141391366 Location Published: London, Penguin Books Ltd: 2001 Binding: Softcover Book Condition: Very Good Item: 1.00 lb Categories: History, Africa, Africa Seller ID: 22760 Keywords: uganda whitehouse railroad