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Fire and Steam
Atlantic Books Ltd 2009; US$ 10.19The opening of the pioneering Liverpool and Manchester Railway in 1830 marked the beginning of the railways' vital role in changing the face of Britain. Fire and Steam celebrates the vision and determination of the ambitious Victorian pioneers who developed this revolutionary transport system and the navvies who cut through the land to enable a country-wide... more...
Blood, Iron, and Gold
PublicAffairs 2010; US$ 17.99Britain?s leading train expert tells the epic story of how the world?s railroads shaped commerce, cultures, and countries, and created the modern era more...
Engines of War
PublicAffairs 2010; US$ 16.99The dramatic 100-year history of how trains became weapons, and transformed forever the nature of war more...
Engines of War
Atlantic Books Ltd 2010; US$ 10.92Engines of War tells the dramatic story of how the railways revolutionized the nature of warfare, ushering in an age of industrialized conflict in which wars were fought on a previously unimaginable scale. From the moment of its first appearance, the 'iron road' not only rendered armies more mobile, but also massively increased the power and the deadliness... more...
Blood, Iron and Gold
Atlantic Books Ltd 2009; US$ 8.74The birth of the railways and their rapid spread across the world triggered economic growth and social change on an unprecedented scale. From Panama to the Punjab, Tasmania to Turin, Blood, Iron and Gold describes the vision and determination of the pioneers who developed railways that would link cities that had hitherto been isolated, and would one... more...
The Great Railway Revolution
Atlantic Books Ltd 2012; US$ 8.74In the 1830s, The United States underwent a second revolution. The opening of the Baltimore & Ohio line, the first American railroad, set in motion a process which, by the end of the century, would enmesh the vast country in a latticework of railroad lines, small-town stations and magisterial termini, built and controlled the biggest corporations... more...
The Great Railroad Revolution
PublicAffairs 2012; US$ 29.99The epic tale of America?s railroads?the largest rail network in the world?and how they built a modern nation more...
The Subterranean Railway
Atlantic Books Ltd 2009; US$ 10.92Since Victorian times, London's Underground has made an extraordinary contribution to the economy of the capital and has played a vital role in the daily life of generations of Londoners. This wide-ranging history of the Underground celebrates the vision and determination of the Victorian pioneers who conceived this revolutionary transport system... more...
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