03259nam 2200613 450 991079813470332120230422033903.01-84545-136-81-57181-166-41-78238-197-X10.1515/9781782381976(CKB)3710000000641261(EBL)4461977(SSID)ssj0001656128(PQKBManifestationID)16435974(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001656128(PQKBWorkID)14984409(PQKB)10858629(MiAaPQ)EBC4461977(DE-B1597)637286(DE-B1597)9781782381976(EXLCZ)99371000000064126120000505d2000 uy| 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe great train race railways and the Franco-German rivalry, 1815-1914 /by Allan MitchellNew York :Berghahn Books,2000.1 online resource (352 p.)Description based upon print version of record.Includes bibliographical references (pages [307]-315) and indexes.THE GREAT TRAIN RACE; CONTENTS; PREFACE; INTRODUCTION; PART I. LAUNCHING THE RAILWAY AGE; Chapter 1. FRANCE, 1815-1870; Chapter 2. GERMANY, 1815-1870; Chapter 3. COMPARISONS, 1815-1870; PART II. THE SIGNALS ARE SET; Chapter 4. FRANCE, 1870-1890; Chapter 5. GERMANY, 1870-1890; Chapter 6. COMPARISONS, 1870-1890; PART III. INTERNAL AND INTERNATIONAL TENSIONS; Chapter 7. FRANCE, 1890-1914; Chapter 8. GERMANY, 1890-1914; Chapter 9. COMPARISONS, 1890-1914; EPILOGUE; LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS; NOTES; BIBLIOGRAPHY; NAME INDEX; SUBJECT INDEXFrom 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.RailroadsFranceHistoryRailroadsGermanyHistoryRailroads and stateFranceHistoryRailroads and stateGermanyHistoryWorld War, 1914-1918TransportationRailroadsHistory.RailroadsHistory.Railroads and stateHistory.Railroads and stateHistory.World War, 1914-1918Transportation.385/.0943Mitchell Allan1933-1501549MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910798134703321The great train race3728713UNINA