Railways

by Christian Wolmar

Book Overview

From Britain's most popular railway historian, a concise, authoritative and fast-paced telling of how the railways changed the world.
The arrival of the railways in the first half of the nineteenth century and their subsequent spread across every one of the world's continents acted as a spur for economic growth and social change on an extraordinary scale. The 'iron road' stimulated innovation in engineering and architecture, enabled people...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1788549856
• ISBN13: 9781788549851
• Release Date: March 2023
• Publisher: Apollo Publishing International
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 1.19 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.3" x 7.9"