Blood, iron, and gold
Subtitle: how the railroads transformed the world
By: Christian Wolmar
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: PublicAffairs
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781586488345
Subjects: Railroads -- History; Railroads -- Social aspects -- History; Railroads -- Economic aspects -- History; Social change -- History
Notes: "First published in Great Britain in 2009 by Atlantic Books"--T.p. verso.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The first railways; title: Europe makes a start; title: The British influence; title: The American way; title: Joining up Europe; title: Crossing America; title: ...and other continents; title: The invasion of the railway; title: The railway revolution; title: Getting better all the time; title: Changing trains; title: Decline but not fall; title: Railway Renaissance.