The Great Train Race : : Railways and the Franco-German Rivalry, 1815-1914 /

The Great Train Race : : Railways and the Franco-German Rivalry, 1815-1914 / / Allan Mitchell.

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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 eventu...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Berghahn Books Complete eBook-Package 2000-2013
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Mitchell, Allan,
Place / Publishing House:New York ;, Oxford : : Berghahn Books, , [2000]
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Year of Publication:2000
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (356 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • List of Illustrations
  • Preface
  • Introduction: The Conundrum of Comparative History
  • PART I: LAUNCHING THE RAILWAY AGE
  • 1. France, 1815–1870
  • 2. Germany, 1815–1870
  • 3. Comparisons, 1815–1870
  • PART II: THE SIGNALS ARE SET
  • 4. France, 1870–1890
  • 5. Germany, 1870–1890
  • 6. Comparisons, 1870–1890
  • PART III: INTERNAL AND INTERNATIONAL TENSIONS
  • 7. France, 1890–1914
  • 8. Germany, 1890–1914
  • 9. Comparisons, 1890–1914
  • Epilogue: From Trains to Trenches
  • List of Abbreviations
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Name Index
  • Subject Index

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