Railway Empire

Author : Anthony Burton
Publisher : Pen and Sword
ISBN 13 : 1473870410
Total Pages : 355 pages
Book Rating : 4.13/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Railway Empire written by Anthony Burton and published by Pen and Sword. This book was released on 2018-01-30 with total page 355 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The British were at the forefront of railway development for the first fifty years of the nineteenth century. Railway Empire tells the story of how the British gave railways to the world, not only in the empire, but also in other countries outside areas of direct influence. It is often forgotten today that the British were responsible for the construction and management of a large proportion of the railways constructed in Africa, South America and Australasia not to mention many thousands of miles of mileage in Asia, India, Malaya, Burma, China and Japan. This book looks at the political, economic and technical aspects of this development, which made Britain a country at the forefront of this form of transport.

Author : Andreas Zintzsch
Publisher : Bildner Verlag
ISBN 13 : 3832856447
Total Pages : 430 pages
Book Rating : 4.41/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Railway Empire 2 - The Official Guides written by Andreas Zintzsch and published by Bildner Verlag. This book was released on 2023-05-25 with total page 430 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Railway Empire 2 puts you in the role of a railroad pioneer. Build railroads in North America and Europe, connect cities with fast lines, and outdo your competitors to revolutionize the transportation system. Sounds like a daunting task? Don't worry, with the help of these Official Guides, you can overcome any challenge. Step by step, you will go from apprentice to master of rail transport. In three books, you will find explanations of the game mechanics, important data, helpful tips, and hidden tricks for a successful game. In addition, you will find historical context on the locomotives and interesting background information on the campaign and scenarios to immerse you in the history of the railroad. Three books in one: The Official Compendium contains all the information you need to build a successful railroad company. The Official Mission Guide offers overviews of all the tasks you will face in the campaign and scenarios, as well as many useful tips. The Official Engine Catalogue is a complete listing of all the locomotives in the game, with all the relevant data and historical background.

Author : James Earl Sherow
Publisher : University of New Mexico Press
ISBN 13 : 0826355099
Total Pages : 222 pages
Book Rating : 4.96/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Railroad Empire Across the Heartland written by James Earl Sherow and published by University of New Mexico Press. This book was released on 2014 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book presents recent photographs by John R. Charlton of the scenes Alexander Gardner recorded, paired with the Gardner originals and accompanied by James E. Sherow's discussion.

Author : James Leslie Marshall
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.80/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Santa Fe, the Railroad that Built an Empire written by James Leslie Marshall and published by . This book was released on 1955 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Manu Karuka
Publisher : University of California Press
ISBN 13 : 0520296621
Total Pages : 318 pages
Book Rating : 4.26/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Empire's Tracks written by Manu Karuka and published by University of California Press. This book was released on 2019-01-29 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Empire’s Tracks boldly reframes the history of the transcontinental railroad from the perspectives of the Cheyenne, Lakota, and Pawnee Native American tribes, and the Chinese migrants who toiled on its path. In this meticulously researched book, Manu Karuka situates the railroad within the violent global histories of colonialism and capitalism. Through an examination of legislative, military, and business records, Karuka deftly explains the imperial foundations of U.S. political economy. Tracing the shared paths of Indigenous and Asian American histories, this multisited interdisciplinary study connects military occupation to exclusionary border policies, a linked chain spanning the heart of U.S. imperialism. This highly original and beautifully wrought book unveils how the transcontinental railroad laid the tracks of the U.S. Empire.

Author : David Haward Bain
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 1101658045
Total Pages : 1432 pages
Book Rating : 4.48/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Empire Express written by David Haward Bain and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2000-09-01 with total page 1432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After the Civil War, the building of the transcontinental railroad was the nineteenth century's most transformative event. Beginning in 1842 with a visionary's dream to span the continent with twin bands of iron, Empire Express captures three dramatic decades in which the United States effectively doubled in size, fought three wars, and began to discover a new national identity. From self--made entrepreneurs such as the Union Pacific's Thomas Durant and era--defining figures such as President Lincoln to the thousands of laborers whose backbreaking work made the railroad possible, this extraordinary narrative summons an astonishing array of voices to give new dimension not only to this epic endeavor but also to the culture, political struggles, and social conflicts of an unforgettable period in American history.

Author : Peter H. Christensen
Publisher : Yale University Press
ISBN 13 : 0300228473
Total Pages : 204 pages
Book Rating : 4.72/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Germany and the Ottoman Railways written by Peter H. Christensen and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2017-10-24 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The complex political and cultural relationship between the German state and the Ottoman Empire is explored through the lens of the Ottoman Railway network, its architecture, and material culture With lines extending from Bosnia to Baghdad to Medina, the Ottoman Railway Network (1868–1919) was the pride of the empire and its ultimate emblem of modernization—yet it was largely designed and bankrolled by German corporations. This exemplifies a uniquely ambiguous colonial condition in which the interests of Germany and the Ottoman Empire were in constant flux. German capitalists and cultural figures sought influence in the Near East, including access to archaeological sites such as Tell Halaf and Mshatta. At the same time, Ottoman leaders and laborers urgently pursued imperial consolidation. Germany and the Ottoman Railways explores the impact of these political agendas as well as the railways’ impact on the built environment. Relying on a trove of previously unpublished archival materials, including maps, plans, watercolors, and photographs, author Peter H. Christensen also reveals the significance of this major infrastructure project for the budding disciplines of geography, topography, art history, and archaeology.

Author : Albert J. Churella
Publisher : University of Pennsylvania Press
ISBN 13 : 0812207629
Total Pages : 970 pages
Book Rating : 4.20/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Pennsylvania Railroad, Volume 1 written by Albert J. Churella and published by University of Pennsylvania Press. This book was released on 2012-10-29 with total page 970 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Do not think of the Pennsylvania Railroad as a business enterprise," Forbes magazine informed its readers in May 1936. "Think of it as a nation." At the end of the nineteenth century, the Pennsylvania Railroad was the largest privately owned business corporation in the world. In 1914, the PRR employed more than two hundred thousand people—more than double the number of soldiers in the United States Army. As the self-proclaimed "Standard Railroad of the World," this colossal corporate body underwrote American industrial expansion and shaped the economic, political, and social environment of the United States. In turn, the PRR was fundamentally shaped by the American landscape, adapting to geography as well as shifts in competitive economics and public policy. Albert J. Churella's masterful account, certain to become the authoritative history of the Pennsylvania Railroad, illuminates broad themes in American history, from the development of managerial practices and labor relations to the relationship between business and government to advances in technology and transportation. Churella situates exhaustive archival research on the Pennsylvania Railroad within the social, economic, and technological changes of nineteenth- and twentieth-century America, chronicling the epic history of the PRR intertwined with that of a developing nation. This first volume opens with the development of the Main Line of Public Works, devised by Pennsylvanians in the 1820s to compete with the Erie Canal. Though a public rather than a private enterprise, the Main Line foreshadowed the establishment of the Pennsylvania Railroad in 1846. Over the next decades, as the nation weathered the Civil War, industrial expansion, and labor unrest, the PRR expanded despite competition with rival railroads and disputes with such figures as Andrew Carnegie and John D. Rockefeller. The dawn of the twentieth century brought a measure of stability to the railroad industry, enabling the creation of such architectural monuments as Pennsylvania Station in New York City. The volume closes at the threshold of American involvement in World War I, as the strategies that PRR executives had perfected in previous decades proved less effective at guiding the company through increasingly tumultuous economic and political waters.

Author : Anthony Burton
Publisher : Trafalgar Square
ISBN 13 : 9780719551703
Total Pages : 264 pages
Book Rating : 4.06/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Railway Empire written by Anthony Burton and published by Trafalgar Square. This book was released on 1994 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Ian Carter
Publisher : Manchester University Press
ISBN 13 : 1526129744
Total Pages : 329 pages
Book Rating : 4.41/5 ( download)

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Download or read book British railway enthusiasm written by Ian Carter and published by Manchester University Press. This book was released on 2017-10-03 with total page 329 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Now available in paperback, this is the first academic book to study railway enthusiasts in Britain. Far from a trivial topic, the post-war train spotting craze swept most boys and some girls into a passion for railways, and for many, ignited a lifetime’s interest. British railway enthusiasm traces this post-war cohort, and those which followed, as they invigorated different sectors in the world of railway enthusiasm – train spotting, railway modelling, collecting railway relics – and then, in response to the demise of main line steam traction, Britain’s now-huge preserved railway industry. Today this industry finds itself riven by tensions between preserving a loved past which ever fewer people can remember and earning money from tourist visitors. The widespread and enduring significance of railway enthusiasm will ensure that this groundbreaking text remains a key work in transport studies, and will appeal to enthusiasts as much as to students and scholars of transport and cultural history.