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This book reveals how the rise of the train stimulating daring feats of engineering, architectural innovation and the rapid movement of people and goods around the world. He shows how cultures were enriched - and destroyed - by the unrelenting construction and how the railways played a vital role in civil conflict, as well as in two world wars.

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Atlantic
Language
English
Pages
373

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Subjects
Railroads, Social change, History, Railroads, history, Social aspects, Economic aspects

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Blood, Iron & Gold
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Blood, Iron, and Gold: How the Railroads Transformed the World
2011, PublicAffairs
in English
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Blood, Iron & Gold
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Blood, iron & gold: how the railways transformed the world
2010, Atlantic
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Blood, Iron and Gold: How the Railways Transformed the World
2010, PublicAffairs
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Blood, Iron, and Gold: How the Railways Transformed the World
2010, PublicAffairs
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Blood, iron, & gold: how the railroads transformed the world
2010, PublicAffairs
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Blood, iron & gold: how the railways transformed the world
2009, Atlantic
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Blood, Iron and Gold: How the Railways Transformed the World
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Table of Contents

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.

Edition Notes

Originally published: 2009.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Published in
London
Other Titles
Blood, iron and gold

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
385.09
Library of Congress
HE1021 W865B, HE1021

The Physical Object

Pagination
xxv, 373 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates
Number of pages
373

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL27873998M
Internet Archive
bloodirongoldhow0000wolm_n5b3
ISBN 10
1848871716
ISBN 13
9781848871717
OCLC/WorldCat
781021710

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Work Description

In this beautifully illustrated book, renowned transportation journalist Christian Wolmar celebrates the vision and determination of the ambitious pioneers who developed the railways that would dominate the globe.

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