Blood, Iron and Gold How the Railways Transformed the World

Name: Blood, Iron and Gold How the Railways Transformed the World
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ISBN: 9781586489496

ISBN-10: 1586489496

ISBN-13: 9781586489496

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Authors: Christian Wolmar

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The opening of the world's first railroad in Britain and America in 1830 marked the dawn of a new age. Within the course of a decade, tracks were being laid as far afield as Australia and Cuba, and by the outbreak of World War I, the United States alone boasted over a quarter of a million miles. With unrelenting determination, architectural innovation, and under gruesome labor conditions, a global railroad network was built that forever changed the way people lived. From Panama to Punjab, from Tasmania to Turin, Christian Wolmar shows how cultures were enriched, and destroyed, by one of the greatest global transport revolutions of our time, and celebrates the visionaries and laborers…

Book details

List price: $21.00
Publisher: PublicAffairs
Publication date: 3/1/2011
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 432
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.25" long x 1.25" tall
Weight: 0.880
Language: English



List of Maps and Illustrations


Preface


Acknowledgments


Maps



The First Railways



Europe Makes a Start



The British Influence



The American Way



Joining Up Europe



Crossing America...



... and Other Continents



The Invasion of the Railway



The Railway Revolution



Getting Better All the Time



Changing Trains



Decline But Not Fall



Railway Renaissance


Notes


Bibliography


Index