Название: Railways (The Landmark Library)
Автор: Christian Wolmar
Издательство: Apollo
ISBN: 1788549848
Год: 2019
Формат: EPUB
Страниц: 256
Размер: 16,1 МБ
Язык: Английский

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 and goods to move around the world more quickly than ever before, and played a critical role in warfare as well as in the social and economic spheres.