The Coming Of The Railway

Author : David Gwyn
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 432 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2023
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780300267891

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The Coming of the Railway by David Gwyn Pdf

The first global history of the epic early days of the iron railway Railways, in simple wooden or stone form, have existed since prehistory. But from the 1750s onward the introduction of iron rails led to a dramatic technological evolution--one that would truly change the world. In this rich new history, David Gwyn tells the neglected story of the early iron railway from a global perspective. Driven by a combination of ruthless enterprise, brilliant experimenters, and international cooperation, railway construction began to expand across the world with astonishing rapidity. From Britain to Australia, Russia to America, railways would bind together cities, nations, and entire continents. Rail was a tool of industry and empire as well as, eventually, passenger transport, and developments in technology occurred at breakneck speed--even if the first locomotive in America could muster only 6 mph. The Coming of the Railway explores these fascinating developments, documenting the early railway's outsize social, political, and economic impact--carving out the shape of the global economy as we know it today.

Author : Alan Armstrong
Publisher : Boydell Press
Page : 366 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0851155820

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The Economy of Kent, 1640-1914 by Alan Armstrong Pdf

Studies of Kent's economic history confirm the industrial revolution to have been less cataclysmic and more widespread then formerly accepted.

Author : Gordon Turner
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 187 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 1998-12-01
Category : Railroads
ISBN : 0950697753

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Ashford by Gordon Turner Pdf

Author : Christian Wolmar
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 217 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2019-12-12
Category : Transportation
ISBN : 9781788549837

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Railways by Christian Wolmar Pdf

From Britain's most popular railway historian, a concise, authoritative and fast-paced telling of how the railways changed the world. The arrival of the railways in the first half of the nineteenth century and their subsequent spread across every one of the world's continents acted as a spur for economic growth and social change on an extraordinary scale. The 'iron road' stimulated innovation in engineering and architecture, enabled people and goods to move around the world more quickly than ever before, and played a critical role in warfare as well as in the social and economic spheres. Christian Wolmar describes the emergence of modern railways in both Britain and the USA in the 1830s, and elsewhere in the following decade. He charts the surge in railway investment plans in Britain in the early 1840s and the ensuing 'railway mania' (which created the backbone of today's railway network), and the unstoppable spread of the railways across Europe, America and Asia. Above all, he assesses the global impact of a technology that, arguably, had the most transformative impact on human society of any before the coming of the Internet, and which, as it approaches two centuries of existence, continues to play a key role in human society in the twenty-first century. 'A lucid and engaging account of the far-reaching effects that trains have had upon society' The Railway & Canal Historical Society

Author : Pam Robson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 48 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Railroads
ISBN : 0750019379

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The Coming of the Railways by Pam Robson Pdf

Author : Roopa Srinivasan,Manish Tiwari,Sandeep Silas
Publisher : Foundation Books
Page : 322 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : History
ISBN : 8175963301

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Our Indian Railway by Roopa Srinivasan,Manish Tiwari,Sandeep Silas Pdf

This book commemorates 150 years of railways in India. Introduced under colonial rule in the second half of the nineteenth century, the railways soon embraced the length and breadth of India bringing with it rapid political, economic, ecological and cultural changes. The articles in this book explore the impact of this technological phenomenon from a range of interdisciplinary perspectives. From early railway thinking in renaissance Bengal, to railway policing in Uttar Pradesh and issues of management to railway themes in literature, the writers in this volume reveal the world of the railways in all its exciting facets. The photo essay invokes the nostalgic world of steam with a series of evocative images. In the twenty-first century, the ever expanding horizon of the railways continues to draw in people and goods in the third largest railway network in the world.

Author : John Palmer
Publisher : Pen and Sword Transport
Page : 346 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2021-01-30
Category : Transportation
ISBN : 9781526777928

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The Great Central Railway by John Palmer Pdf

For generations of railway enthusiasts and more lately for social historians, the life and times of the former Great Central Railway and in particular its extension towards London in the 1890s and closure seventy years later, have generated considerable interest and controversy. Although many books have been written about the Railway, the majority in recent times have concentrated upon providing a photographic record and a nostalgic look in retrospect to what was generally perceived as happier times for the route. None of the books have presented the outcome from thorough research into the business aspects of the Railway and its successive private (LNER) and public (BR) ownerships through war and peace, and times of industrial, social and political change, that influenced and shaped the demand for a railway service. While retaining a strong railway theme throughout, the book identifies the role played by successive governments, the electricity and coal industries and the effect of social change that, together resulted in a case for closure. The content of the book replaces much supposition with fact and places on record what really happened. The final part of the book acknowledges the fine work over half a century of volunteers dedicated to saving a section of the line in Leicestershire.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 554 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 1879
Category : Law reports, digests, etc
ISBN : WISC:89098596356

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The American Railway Reports by Anonim Pdf

Author : Steven D. Spalding,Benjamin Fraser
Publisher : Lexington Books
Page : 263 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780739165607

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Trains, Literature, and Culture by Steven D. Spalding,Benjamin Fraser Pdf

"Trains, literature and culture is the first work to thoroughly explore the railroad's connections with a full range of cultural discourses--including literature, visual art, music, graffiti, and television but also advertising, architecture, cell phones, and more ..."--Provided by publisher.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 936 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 1887
Category : Railroads
ISBN : COLUMBIA:CU05573114

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Railway and Engineering Review by Anonim Pdf

Author : Andrew Dow
Publisher : JHU Press
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2006-04-10
Category : Reference
ISBN : 9780801882920

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Dow's Dictionary of Railway Quotations by Andrew Dow Pdf

Dow's Dictionary of Railway Quotations is an authoritative compendium of quotations about railways from 1608 to the present day. More than 3,400 entries are drawn from over 1,300 writers and speakers and a wide range of original sources both British and American—Acts of Parliament, poetry, songs, journals, advertisements, obituaries, novels, histories, plays, films, office memoranda, speeches, newspapers, television and radio broadcasts, and private documents and conversations. Here Andrew Dow records remarkable, memorable words—from the well-known to the abstruse, from the commonplace to the vital. The selected quotations are arranged by subject matter and searchable by speaker, subject, and keyword. Dow's Dictionary will inform and captivate railway enthusiasts along with readers interested in railway architecture, engineering, geography, and history.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 822 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 1845-10-16
Category : Railroads
ISBN : OXFORD:590118261

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The British and Foreign Railway Review by Anonim Pdf

Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Interstate Commerce
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1346 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 1906
Category : Interstate commerce
ISBN : LOC:00133589430

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Regulation of Railway Rates by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Interstate Commerce Pdf

Author : Andrew Swift
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2006-04-01
Category : Great Western Railway
ISBN : 0954613856

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Ringing Grooves of Change by Andrew Swift Pdf

Author : Anthony Dawson
Publisher : Amberley Publishing Limited
Page : 96 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2017-09-15
Category : Transportation
ISBN : 9781445665238

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Working on the Victorian Railway by Anthony Dawson Pdf

A fascinating insight into what it was like to work on the world's first railways.