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Allan Mitchell The Great Train Race (Hardback)
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- Book Title
- The Great Train Race
- Publication Name
- Great Train Race : Railways and the Franco-German Rivalry, 1815-1914
- Title
- The Great Train Race
- Subtitle
- Railways and the Franco-German Rivalry, 1815-1914
- Format
- Hardcover
- ISBN-10
- 1571811664
- EAN
- 9781571811660
- ISBN
- 9781571811660
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books, Incorporated
- Genre
- Travel & Transport
- Topic
- Technology & Engineering
- Release Date
- 01/09/2000
- Release Year
- 2000
- Language
- English
- Country/Region of Manufacture
- US
- Item Height
- 229mm
- Item Length
- 9in
- Item Weight
- 0 Oz
- Publication Year
- 2000
- Type
- Textbook
- Item Width
- 6in
- Number of Pages
- 356 Pages
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"The breadth of this] comparative study of French and German railroad development - the largest and most important railway systems on the continent - is a signal achievement... A brief sketch of the book's trajectory does justice neither to the wealth of detail nor to the arresting insights that future historians will draw on for years to come." - Central European History "... a fine book. Indeed, it is a labour of love, informed by intensive research and a lifetime's interest. All historians of European railways will be greatly in its debt." - The International History Review "The Great Train Race is a well-researched book, full of useful comparative insights into French and German railway development, and doubtless an important contribution to the history of Franco-German rivalry before World War One ... R]ecommended to economic historians as a study which shows, in well-balanced comparative perspective, the great importance of their field for understanding political history." - Journal of Modern History "For Mitchell, this was clearly a labor of love, and it is a pleasure to see a job well done. The book has a full scholarly apparatus along with vital charts and maps to keep things clear." - H-German "Allan Mitchell is presenting, with The Great Train Race, a highly informed and ambitious study, in which the fundamental importance of trains for the societies of both countries has been convincingly argued." - Historische Zeitschrift "...Presents a rich and understandable overview...The book provides an excellent model for researching and writing comparative railway histories. Such analyses of the relationship between state and railway are rare events." - The Journal of Transport History 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 railroads and steam engines from Britain to the continent of Europe after the Napoleonic age. A fascinating example of how the same technology, borrowed at the same time from the same source, was assimilated differently by the two continental powers, this book offers a groundbreaking analysis of the crossroads of technology and politics during the first Industrial Revolution.
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Publisher
Berghahn Books, Incorporated
ISBN-10
1571811664
ISBN-13
9781571811660
eBay Product ID (ePID)
1730739
Product Key Features
Publication Name
Great Train Race : Railways and the Franco-German Rivalry, 1815-1914
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Publication Year
2000
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
356 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
9in
Item Width
6in
Item Weight
0 Oz
Additional Product Features
Lc Classification Number
He3065 .M58 2000
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"The breadth of [this] comparative study of French and German railroad development - the largest and most important railway systems on the continent - is a signal achievement... A brief sketch of the book's trajectory does justice neither to the wealth of detail nor to the arresting insights that future historians will draw on for years to come." · Central European History "... a fine book. Indeed, it is a labour of love, informed by intensive research and a lifetime's interest. All historians of European railways will be greatly in its debt." · The International History Review "The Great Train Race is a well-researched book, full of useful comparative insights into French and German railway development, and doubtless an important contribution to the history of Franco-German rivalry before World War One ... [R]ecommended to economic historians as a study which shows, in well-balanced comparative perspective, the great importance of their field for understanding political history." · Journal of Modern History "For Mitchell, this was clearly a labor of love, and it is a pleasure to see a job well done. The book has a full scholarly apparatus along with vital charts and maps to keep things clear." · H-German "Allan Mitchell is presenting, with The Great Train Race, a highly informed and ambitious study, in which the fundamental importance of trains for the societies of both countries has been convincingly argued." · Historische Zeitschrift "...Presents a rich and understandable overview...The book provides an excellent model for researching and writing comparative railway histories. Such analyses of the relationship between state and railway are rare events." · The Journal of Transport History, "The breadth of [this] comparative study of French and German railroad development - the largest and most important railway systems on the continent - is a signal achievement... A brief sketch of the book's trajectory does justice neither to the wealth of detail nor to the arresting insights that future historians will draw on for years to come." Central European History "... a fine book. Indeed, it is a labour of love, informed by intensive research and a lifetime's interest. All historians of European railways will be greatly in its debt." The International History Review "The Great Train Race is a well-researched book, full of useful comparative insights into French and German railway development, and doubtless an important contribution to the history of Franco-German rivalry before World War One ... [R]ecommended to economic historians as a study which shows, in well-balanced comparative perspective, the great importance of their field for understanding political history." Journal of Modern History "For Mitchell, this was clearly a labor of love, and it is a pleasure to see a job well done. The book has a full scholarly apparatus along with vital charts and maps to keep things clear." H-German "Allan Mitchell is presenting, with The Great Train Race, a highly informed and ambitious study, in which the fundamental importance of trains for the societies of both countries has been convincingly argued." Historische Zeitschrift "...Presents a rich and understandable overview...The book provides an excellent model for researching and writing comparative railway histories. Such analyses of the relationship between state and railway are rare events." The Journal of Transport History
Table of Content
List of Illustrations Preface Introduction: The Conundrum of Comparative History PART I: LAUNCHING THE RAILWAY AGE Chapter 1. France, 1815-1870 Liberalism and the Legrand Star The Emergence of the Great Railway Companies The Surge of the Second Empire Trains and Free Trade The Military Implications Chapter 2. Germany, 1815-1870 The Dilemmas of Political Diversity Particularism Unbound Prussia and the Push for Unification Before the Take-Off Strategic Thought and Military Action Chapter 3. Comparisons, 1815-1870 Administrative Organization Economic Competition Military Strategy PART II: THE SIGNALS ARE SET Chapter 4. France, 1870-1890 After the Fall The Counterattack of the Companies The Failure of Centralism A Condition of Troubling Inferiority Railways and the Republican Army Chapter 5. Germany, 1870-1890 Bismarck's Railroad Policy The Reassertion of States' Rights Germany Transformed The Age of St. Gotthard The Consolidation of Military Predominance Chapter 6. Comparisons, 1870-1890 Administrative Organization Economic Competition Military Strategy PART III: INTERNAL AND INTERNATIONAL TENSIONS Chapter 7. France, 1890-1914 Recovery and Controversy The Companies Face Nationalization Private Enterprise or Public Service? The Long Stagnation France Prepares for War Chapter 8. Germany, 1890-1914 The Specter of Prussification Flirting with Unification Low Expectations and High Finance Railroads and the German Take-Off The Consequences of Escalation Chapter 9. Comparisons, 1890-1914 Administrative Organization Economic Competition Military Strategy Epilogue: From Trains to Trenches List of Abbreviations Notes Bibliography Name Index Subject Index
Copyright Date
2000
Target Audience
Scholarly & Professional
Topic
Railroads / General, Europe / Germany, Europe / France, Railroads / History, Military / World War I, Modern / General
Lccn
00-034266
Dewey Decimal
385/.0943
Dewey Edition
21
Illustrated
Yes
Genre
Transportation, History
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