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Book

Hear that train whistle blow! : how the railroad changed the world

Call Number

  • J 385 M (CEN)

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Publication Information

New York : Random House, c2004.

Physical Description

157 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.

Summary

Takes a look at the history of rail transportation, focussing on how it transformed societies from isolated communities which rarely communicated or traded into unified nations.

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