Blood, iron & gold : how the railways transformed the world / Christian Wolmar
2009, First Edition. London : Atlantic. Fine cloth copy in a near fine, faintly edge-dulled dust wrapper. Remains well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Item #457059
Physical description; xxv, 373 pages, 20 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), portraits, maps ; 20 cm. 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. Subjects; Railroads - History, Railroads - Economic aspects, Railroads - Social aspects.
Price: €10.95