Train: Riding the Rails That Created the Modern World - From the Trans-Siberian to the Southwest Chief - Tom Zoellner - Libros - Penguin Putnam Inc - 9780143126348 - 28 de octubre de 2014
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An epic and revelatory narrative of the most important transportation technology of the modern world

In his wide-ranging and entertaining new book, Tom Zoellner?coauthor of the New York Times?bestselling An Ordinary Man?travels the globe to tell the story of the sociological and economic impact of the railway technology that transformed the world?and could very well change it again. From the frigid trans-Siberian railroad to the antiquated Indian Railways to the Japanese-style bullet trains, Zoellner offers a stirring story of this most indispensable form of travel. A masterful narrative history, Train also explores the sleek elegance of railroads and their hypnotizing rhythms, and explains how locomotives became living symbols of sex, death, power, and romance.
 


358 pages

Medios de comunicación Libros     Paperback Book   (Libro con tapa blanda y lomo encolado)
Publicado 28 de octubre de 2014
ISBN13 9780143126348
Editores Penguin Putnam Inc
Páginas 358
Dimensiones 214 × 140 × 18 mm   ·   317 g
Lengua Inglés  

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