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To the edge of the world : the story of the trans-siberian express, the world's greatest railroad /
To the Edge of the World is an adventure in travel--full of extraordinary personalities, more than a century of explosive political, economic, and cultural events, and almost inconceivable feats of engineering. Christian Wolmar passionately recounts the improbable origins of the Trans-Siberian railr...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York, New York :
Public Affairs,
2013.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Table of Contents; List of Maps and Illustrations ; Maps ; Introduction ; 1. A Slow Embrace ; 2. Holding On to Siberia; 3. Witte's Breakthrough ; 4. Into the Steppe ; 5. Travels and Travails ; Illustration Section 1; 6. Casus Belli ; 7. The New SIberia ; 8. Russia All the Way ; 9. The Battle for the Trans-Siberian ; Illustration Section 2; 10. The Big Red Railway ; 11. The Other Trans-Siberian ; 12. The Greatest Railway ; Bibliography ; Notes; Index.