World the Railways Made

World the Railways Made

AngličtinaEbook
Nicholas Faith, Faith
Bloomsbury Publishing
EAN: 9781781858356
Dostupné online
202 Kč
Běžná cena: 224 Kč
Sleva 10 %
ks

Podrobné informace

Across American praries, 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.
EAN 9781781858356
ISBN 1781858357
Typ produktu Ebook
Vydavatel Bloomsbury Publishing
Datum vydání 25. září 2014
Stránky 432
Jazyk English
Země United Kingdom
Autoři Nicholas Faith, Faith
Editoři Christian Wolmar, Wolmar