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Blood, Iron, and Gold: How the Railways Transformed the World
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نویسندگان: Christian Wolmar
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ISBN (شابک) : 9781848874343, 1586488341
ناشر: Atlantic;PublicAffairs
سال نشر: 2010
تعداد صفحات: 0
زبان: English
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From Publishers Weekly
This spirited, dramatic history of the most important
invention of the second millennium celebrates railroads
as the central innovation of the industrial revolution,
releasing economic and social energies on a stupendous
scale. Historian Wolmar (_The Great Railway Disaster_)
chronicles the heroic age of railroad construction in the
19th century, with its mix of epic engineering and
horrible exploitation. (The death toll on the
trans-Panamanian railroad project included a mass suicide
by Chinese workers.) Riding the early railroads, he
notes, was almost as harrowing as building them, as
passengers braved engine cinders that set their clothes
on fireand sometimes had to get out and push underpowered
locomotives up steep grades. The railroads' social impact
was equally breathtaking, in Wolmar's telling: it brought
city folk fresh milk, out-of-season produce, and commutes
to the suburbs; spawned monopolies and spectacular
corruption scandals; and played a crucial role in
enabling the world wars and the Holocaust. Wolmar
explores this fertile subject with a blend of lucid
exposition and engaging historical narrative. The result
is a fascinating study not just of a transportation
system, but of the Promethean spirit of the modern age.
16 pages of color illus.; maps. (Mar. 2)
Copyright Reed Business Information, a division of Reed
Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
Review
Richard F. Harnish, Executive Director, Midwest
High Speed Rail Association
_Blood, Iron, and Gold_ reminds us that the railroads did
more than just speed up travel or build up national
economies. They literally changed the way human beings
experienced, thought about and lived their lives.
Christian Wolmars book should put all high-speed-rail
advocates on notice. Trains can return to the American
landscape, traveling twice as fast, reprising the social
revolution they set off almost two centuries ago."
Library Journal STARRED
Review
[Wolmars] work is both a serious history and an adventure
story. Highly recommended for anyone interested in the
growth and global historical impact of railroads.
Publishers Weekly
Wolmar explores this fertile subject with a blend of
lucid exposition and engaging historical narrative. The
result is a fascinating study not just of a
transportation system, but of the Promethean spirit of
the modern age.
Wall Street Journal
[Wolmar] covers a great deal of territory in "Blood, Iron
and Gold," but he keeps the reader engaged by
highlighting extraordinary projects like the building of
the Trans-Siberian Railway from 1891 to 1904. It
connected St. Petersburg to Vladivostok, a distance of
almost 6,200 miles. Equally stirring is the saga of Cecil
Rhodes and his never-completed Cape-to-Cairo line; and
that of Peru's vertiginous Central Railway, which ascends
the Andes and passes through the Galera Tunnel, 15,694
feet above sea level. The book also features cameo
appearances by such colorful figures as Benito Mussolini,
who may or may not have made Italy's trains run on time
but who definitely made them run faster and more
frequently. Nor does Mr. Wolmar neglect the pop-culture
angle: Agatha Christie fans will be sorry to learn that
history records no instance of a real-life murder on the
Orient Express.
Dallas Morning News
It's not clear who first thought of putting carts and carriages on flanged wheels and hauling them over iron rails behind steam engines. But the railroad, writes transportation historian Christian Wolmar, changed everything. And he means everything....It's a vast geopolitical story, but Wolmar manages to tell it without losing sight of the romance and adventure, the triumphs and frequent tragedies that accompanied the advancing rails.
Trains Magazine
Most attempts at a generalist approach toward railroad history err on the side of history and slight the rail side. (_Blood, Iron, and Gold_) keeps the two elements in graceful balance. And, thanks to Wolmars crisp style, its a pleasure to read.
From Publishers Weekly
This spirited, dramatic history of the most important
invention of the second millennium celebrates railroads
as the central innovation of the industrial revolution,
releasing economic and social energies on a stupendous
scale. Historian Wolmar (_The Great Railway Disaster_)
chronicles the heroic age of railroad construction in the
19th century, with its mix of epic engineering and
horrible exploitation. (The death toll on the
trans-Panamanian railroad project included a mass suicide
by Chinese workers.) Riding the early railroads, he
notes, was almost as harrowing as building them, as
passengers braved engine cinders that set their clothes
on fireand sometimes had to get out and push underpowered
locomotives up steep grades. The railroads' social impact
was equally breathtaking, in Wolmar's telling: it brought
city folk fresh milk, out-of-season produce, and commutes
to the suburbs; spawned monopolies and spectacular
corruption scandals; and played a crucial role in
enabling the world wars and the Holocaust. Wolmar
explores this fertile subject with a blend of lucid
exposition and engaging historical narrative. The result
is a fascinating study not just of a transportation
system, but of the Promethean spirit of the modern age.
16 pages of color illus.; maps. (Mar. 2)
Copyright Reed Business Information, a division of Reed
Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
Review
Richard F. Harnish, Executive Director, Midwest
High Speed Rail Association
_Blood, Iron, and Gold_ reminds us that the railroads did
more than just speed up travel or build up national
economies. They literally changed the way human beings
experienced, thought about and lived their lives.
Christian Wolmars book should put all high-speed-rail
advocates on notice. Trains can return to the American
landscape, traveling twice as fast, reprising the social
revolution they set off almost two centuries ago."
Library Journal STARRED
Review
[Wolmars] work is both a serious history and an adventure
story. Highly recommended for anyone interested in the
growth and global historical impact of railroads.
Publishers Weekly
Wolmar explores this fertile subject with a blend of
lucid exposition and engaging historical narrative. The
result is a fascinating study not just of a
transportation system, but of the Promethean spirit of
the modern age.
Wall Street Journal
[Wolmar] covers a great deal of territory in "Blood, Iron
and Gold," but he keeps the reader engaged by
highlighting extraordinary projects like the building of
the Trans-Siberian Railway from 1891 to 1904. It
connected St. Petersburg to Vladivostok, a distance of
almost 6,200 miles. Equally stirring is the saga of Cecil
Rhodes and his never-completed Cape-to-Cairo line; and
that of Peru's vertiginous Central Railway, which ascends
the Andes and passes through the Galera Tunnel, 15,694
feet above sea level. The book also features cameo
appearances by such colorful figures as Benito Mussolini,
who may or may not have made Italy's trains run on time
but who definitely made them run faster and more
frequently. Nor does Mr. Wolmar neglect the pop-culture
angle: Agatha Christie fans will be sorry to learn that
history records no instance of a real-life murder on the
Orient Express.
Dallas Morning News
It's not clear who first thought of putting carts and carriages on flanged wheels and hauling them over iron rails behind steam engines. But the railroad, writes transportation historian Christian Wolmar, changed everything. And he means everything.It's a vast geopolitical story, but Wolmar manages to tell it without losing sight of the romance and adventure, the triumphs and frequent tragedies that accompanied the advancing rails.
Trains Magazine
Most attempts at a generalist approach toward railroad history err on the side of history and slight the rail side. (_Blood, Iron, and Gold_) keeps the two elements in graceful balance. And, thanks to Wolmars crisp style, its a pleasure to read.
فهرست مطالب
The first railways --
Europe makes a start --
The British influence --
The American way --
Joining up Europe --
Crossing America--
--
--and other continents --
The invasion of the railway --
The railway revolution --
Getting better all the time --
Changing trains --
Decline but not fall --
Railway Renaissance.
