Blood, Iron, and Gold: How the Railroads Transformed the World

Contributor(s): Wolmar, Christian (Author)

ISBN: 9781586489496

Publisher: PublicAffairs

Binding Types:

Paperback

$24.99

Digicover (1-4 copies)

$37.94 (Final Price)

Readerbound (5-99 copies)

$36.74 (100+ copies: $35.99)

List/retail price:

$24.99

Pub Date: March 1, 2011

Dewey: 625.1009

Lexile Code: 0000

Features: Bibliography, Illustrated, Index, Maps, Price on Product - Canadian, Price on Product, Table of Contents

Target Age Group: NA to NA

Physical Info: 1.12" H x 8.23" L x 5.58" W ( 0.94 lbs) 432 pages

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Descriptions, Reviews, etc.

Description: From Panama to Punjab, from Tasmania to Turin, Wolmar shows how cultures were enriched, and destroyed, by one of the greatest global transport revolutions of our time, and celebrates the visionaries and laborers responsible for its creation.

Review Quotes: CHOICE Magazine, January 2011
"The book is gracefully written, incorporates leading secondary sources, and includes intelligently selected illustrations....Highly recommended."

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