The Great Train Race: Railways and the Franco-German Rivalry, 1815-1914

by Allan MItchell and Allan Mitchell

Book Overview

From their origins, railways produced an intense competition between the two major continental systems in France and Germany. Fitting a new technology into existing political institutions and social habits, these two nations became inexorably involved in industrial and commercial rivalry that eventually escalated into the armed conflict of 1914. Based on many years of research in French and German archives, this study examines the adaptation of...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1845451368
• ISBN13: 9781845451363
• Release Date: March 2006
• Publisher: Berghahn Books
• Length: 356 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"