The opening of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway in 1830 marked the beginning of a transport revolution. Blood, Iron and Gold reveals the huge impact of the railways as they spread rapidly across the world, linking cities that had hitherto been isolated, stimulating both economic growth and social change on an unprecedented scale. From Panama to the Punjab, Tasmania to Turin, Christian Wolmar describes the vision and determination of the pioneers who developed railways that would one day span continents, as well as the labour of the navvies who endured horrific conditions to build this global network. Wolmar shows how the rise of the train stimulated 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. Indeed, Blood, Iron and Gold reveals that the global expansion of the railways underpinned nothing less than the spread of modernity and the making of the modern world.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Atlantic Books
ISBN-13
9781848871700
eBay Product ID (ePID)
96836876
Product Key Features
Book Title
Blood, Iron and Gold: How the Railways Transformed the World
Author
Christian Wolmar
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
Railway, History
Publication Year
2009
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
400 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height
242mm
Item Width
164mm
Item Weight
809g
Additional Product Features
Title_Author
Christian Wolmar
Country/Region of Manufacture
United Kingdom
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