373 pages
English language
Published July 27, 2009 by Atlantic.
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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.
Subjects
- Social aspects
- Railroads
- Eisenbahnbau
- Soziale Probleme
- Sozialgeschichte
- Economic aspects
- Wirtschaftsentwicklung
- Eisenbahnverkehr
- History