Constructing Iron Europe: Transnationalism and Railways in the Interbellum

Although the years between the world wars were ones of diplomatic tension in Europe, they also saw the construction of countless miles of international railroads on the continent. In Constructing Iron Europe, Irene Anastasiadou examines this era of railroad building and argues that, contrary to most...

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Beteilige Person: Anastasiadou, Irene (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: Amsterdam Amsterdam University Press [2012]
Schriftenreihe:Technology and European History 5
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Links:https://doi.org/10.1515/9789048515370
https://doi.org/10.1515/9789048515370
https://doi.org/10.1515/9789048515370
https://doi.org/10.1515/9789048515370
https://doi.org/10.1515/9789048515370
https://doi.org/10.1515/9789048515370
https://doi.org/10.1515/9789048515370
https://doi.org/10.1515/9789048515370
Zusammenfassung:Although the years between the world wars were ones of diplomatic tension in Europe, they also saw the construction of countless miles of international railroads on the continent. In Constructing Iron Europe, Irene Anastasiadou examines this era of railroad building and argues that, contrary to most conventional histories-which view railroad building as an aspect of nation- or empire-building-the construction in this era was deliberately transnational, and ultimately aimed at tightening links between nations and constructing a closer-knit European community
Beschreibung:Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 23. Jan 2019)
Umfang:1 online resource 3 color plates, 34 halftones
ISBN:9789048515370
DOI:10.1515/9789048515370