Railways Christian Wolmar Apollo Αγγλικά Βιβλία History World

From Britain\ S Most Popular Railway Historian A Concise Authoritative And Fast-Paced Telling Of How The Railways Changed World Arrival In First Half Nineteenth Century Their Subsequent Spread Across Every One World\ Continents Acted As Spur For Economic Growth Social Change On An Extraordinary Scale \ Iron Road\ Stimulated Innovation Engineering Architecture Enabled People Goods To Move Around More Quickly Than Ever Before Played Critical Role Warfare Well Spheres Christian Wolmar Describes Emergence Modern Both Britain Usa 1830S Elsewhere Following Decade He Charts Surge Investment Plans Early 1840S Ensuing Mania\ (Which Created Backbone Today\ Network) Unstoppable Europe America Asia Above All Assesses Global Impact Technology That Arguably Had Transformative Human Society Any Coming Internet Which It Approaches Two Centuries Existence Continues Play Key Twenty-First Lucid Engaging Account Far-Reaching Effects Trains Have Upon Society\ Canal Historical Σελίδες: 256 Έτος Έκδοσης: 0404 Διαστάσεις: 13 5X13 5Cm