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Early Japanese railways, 1853-1914 : engineering triumphs that transformed Meiji-era Japan / Dan Free.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Free, Dan.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Railroads--Japan--History--19th century.
- Railroads.
- Railroads--Japan--History--20th century.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (296 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- North Clarendon, VT : Tuttle Pub., c2008.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Early Japanese Railways 1853-1914 is a cultural and engineering history of railway building in Japan during the Meiji era. The 19th century was the first age of sustained, comprehensive contact between Asia and the West. This book describes the history of Japanese social adaptation to railway development, with many details never-before-published in English. In addition, Early Japanese Railways 1853-1914 details the often overlooked American efforts to build the first railways in Japan. This richly illustrated account also takes a look at long disused corporate logos, locomot
- Contents:
- Blank Page; Blank Page; Blank Page; Blank Page
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 281-284) and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-4629-0721-0
- OCLC:
- 821177657
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