Ralf Roth and G?nter Dinhobl
Ashgate
Hardback
366
2008
Across the Borders explores the trans-national history of railway economics in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. It is the first systematic historical investigation into the world wide system of railway financing providing a wide introduction to how financiers governments and entrepreneurs in Europe managed to face the challenges of constructing and maintaining a railway network that met national and international needs. With contributions from authors from 19 countries the volume is truly an international work that will be of interest to academic researchers museum staff archivists and anyone who has an interest in the history and development of railways.
Ashgate
Hardback
366
2008
Across the Borders explores the trans-national history of railway economics in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. It is the first systematic historical investigation into the world wide system of railway financing providing a wide introduction to how financiers governments and entrepreneurs in Europe managed to face the challenges of constructing and maintaining a railway network that met national and international needs. With contributions from authors from 19 countries the volume is truly an international work that will be of interest to academic researchers museum staff archivists and anyone who has an interest in the history and development of railways.