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The great train race : railways and the Franco-German rivalry, 1815-1914 /
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| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York, NY :
Berghahn Books,
2000.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- List of Illustrations; Preface Introduction: The Conundrum of Comparative History PART I: LAUNCHING THE RAILWAY AGE Chapter 1. France, 1815 & ndash;1870 Liberalism and the Legrand Star The Emergence of the Great Railway Companies The Surge of the Second Empire Trains and Free Trade The Military Implications Chapter 2. Germany, 1815 & ndash;1870 The Dilemmas of Political Diversity Particularism Unbound Prussia and the Push for Unification Before the Take-Off Strategic Thought and Military Action Chapter 3. Comparisons, 1815 & ndash;1870 Administrative Organization Economic Competition Military Strategy PART II: THE SIGNALS ARE SET Chapter 4.
- France, 1870 & ndash;1890 After the Fall The Counterattack of the Companies The Failure of Centralism A Condition of Troubling Inferiority Railways and the Republican Army Chapter 5. Germany, 1870 & ndash;1890 Bismarck's Railroad Policy The Reassertion of States' Rights Germany Transformed The Age of St. Gotthard The Consolidation of Military Predominance Chapter 6. Comparisons, 1870 & ndash;1890 Administrative Organization Economic Competition Military Strategy PART III: INTERNAL AND INTERNATIONAL TENSIONS Chapter 7. France, 1890 & ndash;1914 Recovery and Controversy The Companies Face Nationalization Private Enterprise or Public Service? The Long Stagnation France Prepares for War Chapter 8.
- Germany, 1890 & ndash;1914 The Specter of Prussification Flirting with Unification Low Expectations and High Finance Railroads and the German Take-Off The Consequences of Escalation Chapter 9. Comparisons, 1890 & ndash;1914 Administrative Organization Economic Competition Military Strategy Epilogue: From Trains to Trenches List of Abbreviations; Notes; Bibliography; Name Index; Subject Index.