Faith, Nicholas, 1933-

The world the railways made / by Nicholas Faith. - 1st Carroll & Graf ed. - New York : Carroll & Graf Publishers, 1991. - 360 p. : ill. plates, maps.; 25 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 335-338) and index.

The first impact-- The hopes and fears of all the years-- Railpolitik-- Capitalism, capitalists and contractors-- The economy of rail-- Imperial railways--The armies of steam and their battlefields-- Society on the move-- Railway in town and city-- War on the rails.

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Railroads--History.
Railroads--Social aspects--History.
Ferrocarrles--Historia
Ferrocarriles--Aspectos sociales--Historia

HE 1021 / F174w 1991

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