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Great Railway Revolution

Great Railway Revolution

ISBN: 9780857890351

Author: Christian Wolmar

Publisher: Allen & Unwin

Format: Hardback

Price: AUD $39.99
RRP: AUD $50.00
In 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 in America. By the middle of the twentieth century, however, as the automobile and the aeroplane came to dominate American journey-making, the historic importance of the railroads began to be erased from America's hearts and minds.

In The Great Railway Revolution, Christian Wolmar tells us not only the extraordinary one-hundred-and-eighty-year story of the rise, fall and ultimate shattering the greatest of all American endeavours - of technological triumph and human tragedy, of visionary pioneers and venal and rapacious railway barons - he also argues that while America has largely disowned this heritage, now is the time to celebrate, reclaim and reinstate it.
Book Title: Great Railway Revolution
Author: Christian Wolmar
Format: Hardback
ISBN: 9780857890351
Publisher: Allen & Unwin
Title Release: July 2012

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