Regarding the effects of the British run railway system on India, which of the following correctly identifies the bias expressed in the documents? 1. Document A presents the effects from an Indian nationalist's point of view. 2. Document A presents the effects from a British colonial's point of view. 3. Document B presents the effects from an Indian nationalist's point of view. 4. Neither document presents the effects of the British railroads from any particular point of view.
Regarding the effects of the British run railway system on India, which of the following correctly identifies the bias expressed in the documents? 1. Document A presents the effects from an Indian nationalist's point of view. 2. Document A presents the effects from a British colonial's point of view. 3. Document B presents the effects from an Indian nationalist's point of view. 4. Neither document presents the effects of the British railroads from any particular point of view.
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Regarding the effects of the British run railway system on India, which of the following correctly identifies the bias expressed in the documents?
1.
Document A presents the effects from an Indian nationalist's point of view.
2.
Document A presents the effects from a British colonial's point of view.
3.
Document B presents the effects from an Indian nationalist's point of view.
4.
Neither document presents the effects of the British railroads from any particular point of view.
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Document A
... A review of the existing railway policy led them [Indian nationalist leaders] to conclude that it [the railroad system] was not primarily regulated in the interests of the
Indian people; and that it largely ignored Indian needs, particularly industrial needs, and was mainly meant to serve British economic and political interests...
They [Indians] wanted railways to serve national economic interest by stimulating economic development, which was in turn seen as consisting of industrial and
agricultural growth. To them the proper railway policy was one that promoted Indian industry and a proper public works policy that gave priority to irrigation and
agriculture.
Source: Bipan Chandra, "Economic Nationalism and the Railway Debate, circa 1880–1905,"
in Our Indian Railway, Foundation Books (adapted)
Document B
The railroads facilitated, linked, and coordinated a wide variety of socioeconomic processes and cooperated with other large-scale transportation and communication
systems. For example, the rai|roads enabled national markets with converging prices for food grains which reduced the gap between prices throughout India; the same
railroads made it possible for peasant villagers to undertake quick pilgrimages (within a few days or less) during their brief respites [relief] from the demands of
agriculture. The hard backbone of British colonial rule in India, the British soldier and his weaponry, could be quartered in fewer places in the knowledge that the
railroads could transport troops rapidly to trouble spots. The publications of what became the outpourings of many presses owned by Indians and printed in Indian
languages and in English found profitable markets. The railroads, synergistically [mutually] cooperating with the post office, facilitated the inexpensive, bulk shipments
of books, magazines, and newspapers...
Source: lan J. Kerr, Engines of Change: The Railroads That Made India, Praeger](/v2/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcontent.bartleby.com%2Fqna-images%2Fquestion%2F78a96f4b-c4a7-4e44-95dd-3606c481f172%2Fe45dbbad-020e-46f6-843b-279ca9048e8e%2Fodpq9v9_processed.jpeg&w=3840&q=75)
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Document A
... A review of the existing railway policy led them [Indian nationalist leaders] to conclude that it [the railroad system] was not primarily regulated in the interests of the
Indian people; and that it largely ignored Indian needs, particularly industrial needs, and was mainly meant to serve British economic and political interests...
They [Indians] wanted railways to serve national economic interest by stimulating economic development, which was in turn seen as consisting of industrial and
agricultural growth. To them the proper railway policy was one that promoted Indian industry and a proper public works policy that gave priority to irrigation and
agriculture.
Source: Bipan Chandra, "Economic Nationalism and the Railway Debate, circa 1880–1905,"
in Our Indian Railway, Foundation Books (adapted)
Document B
The railroads facilitated, linked, and coordinated a wide variety of socioeconomic processes and cooperated with other large-scale transportation and communication
systems. For example, the rai|roads enabled national markets with converging prices for food grains which reduced the gap between prices throughout India; the same
railroads made it possible for peasant villagers to undertake quick pilgrimages (within a few days or less) during their brief respites [relief] from the demands of
agriculture. The hard backbone of British colonial rule in India, the British soldier and his weaponry, could be quartered in fewer places in the knowledge that the
railroads could transport troops rapidly to trouble spots. The publications of what became the outpourings of many presses owned by Indians and printed in Indian
languages and in English found profitable markets. The railroads, synergistically [mutually] cooperating with the post office, facilitated the inexpensive, bulk shipments
of books, magazines, and newspapers...
Source: lan J. Kerr, Engines of Change: The Railroads That Made India, Praeger
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