Blood, iron & gold
Subtitle: how the railways transformed the world
By: Christian Wolmar
Publisher: Atlantic
Published: 2009
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 373
ISBN-13: 9781848871700
Subjects: Social aspects; Railroads; Eisenbahnbau; Soziale Probleme; Sozialgeschichte; Economic aspects; Wirtschaftsentwicklung; Eisenbahnverkehr; History
Description: The opening of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway in 1830 marked the beginning of a transport revolution. Blood, Iron and Gold reveals the huge impact of the railways as they spread rapidly across the world, linking cities that had hitherto been isolated, stimulating both economic growth and social change on an unprecedented scale.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.