Temple Tracks: Labour, Piety and Railway Construction in Asia
ISBN: 9781805390169 / Angielski Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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535,79 zł |
Ambrose Bierce Takes on the Railroad: The Journalist as Muckraker and Cynic
ISBN: 9780275966966 / Angielski / Twarda / 168 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. An account of California journalist and wit Ambrose Bierce and his struggle with the railroad octopus controlled by the Big Four (Collis P. Huntington, Leland Stanford, Charles Crocker, and Mark Hopkins). This is the first book to look at Bierce's early muckraking campaign in depth through Bierce's acid journalism and the railroad's private and public reactions. After a brief literature review and biography of Bierce, one of America's greatest wits, journalists, and short-story writers, the study turns to his thirty-year battle with the Central Pacific Railroad, which controlled much of... An account of California journalist and wit Ambrose Bierce and his struggle with the railroad octopus controlled by the Big Four (Collis P. Hunting... |
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560,71 zł |
The Chinese and the Iron Road: Building the Transcontinental Railroad
ISBN: 9781503608290 / Angielski / Twarda / 560 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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580,86 zł |
Touring China: A History of Travel Culture, 1912-1949
ISBN: 9781501760624 / Angielski / Twarda / 318 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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580,86 zł |
Mobility in History: Volume 6
ISBN: 9781782388142 / Angielski / Miękka / 180 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Since 2003 the International Association for the History of Traffic, Transport and Mobility (T2M) has served as a trade-free zone, fostering a new interdisciplinary vitality in the now-flourishing study of the History of Mobility. In its Yearbook, Mobility in History, T2M surveys these developments in the form of a comprehensive state-of-the-art review of research in the field, presenting synopses of recent research, international reviews of research across many countries, thematic reviews, and retrospective assessments of classic works in the area. Mobility in History provides an essential...
Since 2003 the International Association for the History of Traffic, Transport and Mobility (T2M) has served as a trade-free zone, fostering a new int...
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587,67 zł |
Electric Railways: 1880-1990
ISBN: 9780852968055 / Angielski / Twarda / 474 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book presents a thorough survey of electric railway development from the earliest days of the London Underground to modern electrified main line trains. Coverage includes chapters on signalling and communications, power supplies, and a detailed survey about traction systems, both AC and DC. The introduction, first of mercury arc rectifiers, and later of power semiconductor controls, is also discussed in detail.
The author has a long standing interest in engineering history and has written many papers on aspects of railway technology. This book will be of particular interest... This book presents a thorough survey of electric railway development from the earliest days of the London Underground to modern electrified main line ...
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604,43 zł |
Railroads and Regulations, 1877-1916
ISBN: 9780691651125 / Angielski / Twarda / 282 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This examination of the relationship of the economy to political process in the United States from 1877 to 1916 shows how the railroad industry encouraged and relied on national politics to solve its economic problems, and created a precedent for government regulation of the economy in the twentieth century. The continuity in governmental regulation from 1877 to 1900, in the Progressive Era, and in the administrations of Roosevelt, Taft, and Wilson are pointed out. The origin of each major federal railroad act and contending forces is analyzed. Federal regulation of the railroads, probably... This examination of the relationship of the economy to political process in the United States from 1877 to 1916 shows how the railroad industry enc... |
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637,57 zł |
Mark Twain Zephyr: History, Restoration & Rebirth: Volume Three (Premium Hard Cover Edition)
ISBN: 9781387590209 / Angielski / Twarda / 302 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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644,14 zł |
The Railways in Colonial South Asia: Economy, Ecology and Culture
ISBN: 9781032057378 / Angielski / Twarda / 470 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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676,01 zł |
Railways and the Russo-Japanese War: Transporting War
ISBN: 9780714657219 / Angielski / Twarda / 176 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book explores the nexus between railways and the Russo-Japanese War (1904-05) - the first modern war, and one in which the railways played a key part. Felix Patrikeeff and Harry Shukman examine some of the key dimensions of the Russo-Japanese War, most notably how uncomfortably technological and human dimensions of Russia's war effort interleaved in the course of the conflict. They demonstrate how advantages that might have been built upon were squandered, blunt traditional forms and habits were applied in politically tortuous contexts, and technological edge negated by the... This book explores the nexus between railways and the Russo-Japanese War (1904-05) - the first modern war, and one in which the railways played a k... |
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726,09 zł |
British Railways in Argentina 1857-1914: A Case Study of Foreign Investment
ISBN: 9781474241663 / Angielski / Twarda / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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737,94 zł |
Early American Railroads: Franz Anton Ritter Von Gerstner's 'Die Innern Communicationen'1842-1843
ISBN: 9780804724234 / Angielski / Twarda / 916 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This is the first English translation of a monumental account of American railroads (and canals) in the years 1838-1839. Its author, Franz Anton Ritter von Gerstner, was Europe's leading authority on railroad construction, and he conducted his study at the behest of the Russian government, which rightly felt that the United States would provide a more suitable model for the construction of a Russian railroad system than England. For a century and a half, Gerstner's Die innern Communicationen has been recognized as by far the most comprehensive and detailed work on the development,...
This is the first English translation of a monumental account of American railroads (and canals) in the years 1838-1839. Its author, Franz Anton Ritte...
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806,20 zł |
British Rail 1974-97: From Integration to Privatisation
ISBN: 9780199250059 / Angielski / Twarda / 768 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Based on privileged access to the British Railway Board's rich archives, this book provides and authoritative account of the progress made by the British Railway System prior to its privatization. It offers a unique account of the last fifteen years of nationalized railways in Britain, and it sheds light on the current problems of privatized railway systems. This volume is divided into four complete and concise sections for complete study: 'Railways Under Labour (1974-1979)', 'The Thatcher Revolution (British Rail in the 1980's)', 'On The Threshold of Privatization: Running the Railways...
Based on privileged access to the British Railway Board's rich archives, this book provides and authoritative account of the progress made by the Brit...
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848,35 zł |
Railways and International Politics: Paths of Empire, 1848-1945
ISBN: 9780415349765 / Angielski / Twarda / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This new study brings together leading experts to show how the modern world began with the coming of the railway. They clearly explain why it had a greater impact than any other technical or industrial innovation before and completely redefined the limits of the civilized world. While the effect of railways on economic development is self-evident, little attention has been paid to their impact on international relations. This is unfortunate, for in the period from 1848 to 1945, railways were an important element in the struggle between the Great Powers. This took many forms. Often,... This new study brings together leading experts to show how the modern world began with the coming of the railway. They clearly explain why it had a... |
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876,31 zł |
The Great Road: The Building of the Baltimore and Ohio, the Nationâ (Tm)S First Railroad, 1828-1853
ISBN: 9780804722353 / Angielski / Twarda / 496 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This masterful, richly illustrated account of the planning and building of the most important and influential early American railroad, the Baltimore and Ohio, is an essential contribution not only to railyway history but also to the broader history of the development of the United States in the first half of the nineteenth century. There was no precedent for the building of the B&O. The construction of the 380-mile line from Baltimore to the Ohio River over a period of 25 years is an epic story of astute planning and innovative engineering that overcame many formidable obstacles,... This masterful, richly illustrated account of the planning and building of the most important and influential early American railroad, the Baltimor... |
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986,46 zł |
The Thailand-Burma Railway, 1942-1946: Documents and Selected Writings
ISBN: 9780415309509 / Angielski / Twarda / 2176 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The construction of the railway between Thailand and Burma in the Second World War using forced labour and prisoners of war has been the subject of numerous memoirs, novels and the famous Hollywood film The Bridge over the River Kwai. Yet documentation and primary sources offering an account of the railway from a Japanese, Allied, POW and post-war perspective are scarce. This six-volume collection uses documents from archives in Australia, Great Britain, India, Malaysia, the Netherlands, the United States, Myanmar, Thailand and Japan to present a complete picture of the reality of...
The construction of the railway between Thailand and Burma in the Second World War using forced labour and prisoners of war has been the subject of nu...
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6509,69 zł |