TY  - BOOK
AU  - Gwyn,David
TI  - The Coming of the Railway: A New Global History, 1750-1850
SN  - 9780300271454
PY  - 2023///
CY  - New Haven
PB  - Yale University Press
KW  - Railroads-History-19th century
KW  - Fernzugriff
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - E-Book-ProQuest / Fernzugriff nach Registrierung möglich; Cover -- Halftitle page -- Title page -- Copyright page -- CONTENTS -- ILLUSTRATIONS AND MAPS -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- Introduction -- 1 Trade, transport and coal 1767-1815 -- 2 'Rails best adapted to the road' Cast-iron rails and their alternatives in Britain 1767-1832 -- 3 Canal feeders, quarry railways and construction sites -- 4 'Art has supplied the place of horses' Traction 1767-1815 -- 5 War and peace 1814-1834 -- 6 'Geometrical precision' Wrought-iron rails 1808-1834 -- 7 'Most suitable for hilly countries' Rope and chain haulage 1815-1834 -- 8 'That truly astonishing machine' Locomotives 1815-1834 -- 9 Coal carriers 1815-34 -- 10 Internal communications 1815-1834 -- 11 The first main lines 1824-1834 -- 12 Coming of age The public railway 1830-1834 -- 13 'The new avenues of iron road' 1834-1850 -- 14 'You can't hinder the railroad' -- A NOTE ON SOURCES AND TERMINOLOGY -- NOTES -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- Index
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