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The World the Railways Made

Autor Nicholas Faith Christian Wolmar
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en Limba Engleză Paperback – mai 2019

Across American prairies, through Siberian tundra, over Argentinian pampas and deep into the heart of Africa, the modern world began with the arrival of the railway. The shock was sudden and universal: railways carried empire, capitalism and industrialization to every corner of the planet. For some, the 'Iron Road' symbolized the brute horrors of modernity; for others the way toward a brighter future.

From 1825, when the first passenger service linked Stockton and Darlington to the outbreak of World War I, Nicholas Faith presents an engaging and entertaining journey through the first century of rail, introducing visionaries, engineers, surveyors, speculators, financiers and navvies - the heroes and the rogues of the mechanical revolution that turned the world upside down. The railway was the most important invention of the 19th Century, and THE WORLD THE RAILWAYS MADE argues that in the 21st Century, with high speed lines that can compete with air travel and over 190 metro systems in 54 countries underpinning the world's greatest cities, it remains just as relevant.

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ISBN-13: 9781784977351
ISBN-10: 1784977357
Pagini: 320
Dimensiuni: 127 x 196 x 33 mm
Greutate: 0.39 kg
Editura: Bloomsbury USA

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The railway is considered by many as a miracle of the XIX th century, because the modern world was born as a direct cause of the invention of trains and railways. This book is a very interesting read that takes you through the first years of railway detalii firma how they came into being. Railfans do not want to be without this one.

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