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The great train race : railways and the Franco-German rivalry, 1815-1914 / by Allan Mitchell.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Mitchell, Allan, 1933- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Railroads--France--History.
- Railroads.
- Railroads--Germany--History.
- Railroads and state--France--History.
- Railroads and state.
- Railroads and state--Germany--History.
- World War, 1914-1918--Transportation.
- World War, 1914-1918.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (352 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Berghahn Books, 2000.
- Language Note:
- English
- System Details:
- Mode of access: World Wide Web.
- Summary:
- From their origins, railways produced an intense competition between the two major continental systems in France and Germany. Fitting a new technology into existing political institutions and social habits, these two nations became inexorably involved in industrial and commercial rivalry that eventually escalated into the armed conflict of 1914. Based on many years of research in French and German archives, this study examines the adaptation of railroads and steam engines from Britain to the continent of Europe after the Napoleonic age. A fascinating example of how the same technology, borrowed at the same time from the same source, was assimilated differently by the two continental powers, this book offers a groundbreaking analysis of the crossroads of technology and politics during the first Industrial Revolution.
- Contents:
- THE GREAT TRAIN RACE; CONTENTS; PREFACE; INTRODUCTION; PART I. LAUNCHING THE RAILWAY AGE; Chapter 1. FRANCE, 1815-1870; Chapter 2. GERMANY, 1815-1870; Chapter 3. COMPARISONS, 1815-1870; PART II. THE SIGNALS ARE SET; Chapter 4. FRANCE, 1870-1890; Chapter 5. GERMANY, 1870-1890; Chapter 6. COMPARISONS, 1870-1890; PART III. INTERNAL AND INTERNATIONAL TENSIONS; Chapter 7. FRANCE, 1890-1914; Chapter 8. GERMANY, 1890-1914; Chapter 9. COMPARISONS, 1890-1914; EPILOGUE; LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS; NOTES; BIBLIOGRAPHY; NAME INDEX; SUBJECT INDEX
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [307]-315) and indexes.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9781845451363
- 1845451368
- 9781571811660
- 1571811664
- 9781782381976
- 178238197X
- OCLC:
- 995359874
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