Blood, iron & gold : how the railways transformed the world : Wolmar, Christian : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive (original) (raw)

xxv, 373 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : 20 cm

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

Originally published: 2009

Includes bibliographical references and index

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

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