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Author : A. Fraser-Macdonald
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Total Pages : 332 pages
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Download or read book Our Ocean Railways written by A. Fraser-Macdonald and published by . This book was released on 1893 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Daniel R. Headrick
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 019802178X
Total Pages : 416 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (98 download)
Download or read book The Tentacles of Progress written by Daniel R. Headrick and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 1988-03-10 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This penetrating examination of a paradox of colonial rule shows how the massive transfers of technology--including equipment, techniques, and experts--from the European imperial powers to their colonies in Asia and Africa resulted not in industrialization but in underdevelopment. Examining the most important technologies--shipping and railways, telegraphs and wireless, urban water supply and sewage disposal, economic botany and plantation agriculture, irrigation, and mining and metallurgy--Headrick provides a new perspective on colonial economic history and reopens the debate on the roots of Asian and African underdevelopment.
Author : J. P. Daughton
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN 13 : 0393541029
Total Pages : 384 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (935 download)
Download or read book In the Forest of No Joy: The Congo-Océan Railroad and the Tragedy of French Colonialism written by J. P. Daughton and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2021-07-20 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The epic story of the Congo-Océan railroad and the human costs and contradictions of modern empire. The Congo-Océan railroad stretches across the Republic of Congo from Brazzaville to the Atlantic port of Pointe-Noir. It was completed in 1934, when Equatorial Africa was a French colony, and it stands as one of the deadliest construction projects in history. Colonial workers were subjects of an ostensibly democratic nation whose motto read “Liberty, Equality, Fraternity,” but liberal ideals were savaged by a cruelly indifferent administrative state. African workers were forcibly conscripted and separated from their families, and subjected to hellish conditions as they hacked their way through dense tropical foliage—a “forest of no joy”; excavated by hand thousands of tons of earth in order to lay down track; blasted their way through rock to construct tunnels; or risked their lives building bridges over otherwise impassable rivers. In the process, they suffered disease, malnutrition, and rampant physical abuse, likely resulting in at least 20,000 deaths. In the Forest of No Joy captures in vivid detail the experiences of the men, women, and children who toiled on the railroad, and forces a reassessment of the moral relationship between modern industrialized empires and what could be called global humanitarian impulses—the desire to improve the lives of people outside of Europe. Drawing on exhaustive research in French and Congolese archives, a chilling documentary record, and heartbreaking photographic evidence, J.P. Daughton tells the epic story of the Congo-Océan railroad, and in doing so reveals the human costs and contradictions of modern empire.
Author : Derek R. Whaley
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN 13 : 9781508570738
Total Pages : 352 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (77 download)
Download or read book Santa Cruz Trains written by Derek R. Whaley and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2015-02-26 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Once there was an endless redwood wilderness, populated by only the hardiest of people. Then, the sudden blast of a steam whistle echoed across the canyons and the valleys-the iron horse had arrived in the Santa Cruz Mountains. Driven by the need to transport materials like lumber and lime to the rest of the world, the railroad brought people seeking out new ways of living, from the remote outposts along Bean and Zayante Creeks to the bustling towns of Los Gatos and Santa Cruz. Bridges and tunnels marked the landscape, and each new station, siding and spur signaled activity: businesses, settlements, and vacation spots. Summer resorts in the mountains evolved into sprawling residential communities which formed the backbone of the towns of the San Lorenzo Valley today. Much of the history of the locations along the route has since been forgotten. This is their story. Third Revision (February 2016) Addenda available at http://www.whaleyland.com/downloads/addenda1.3.pdf Exclusive CreateSpace Discount: Enter MU236Q6V into the coupon code field and get this book for $5.00 off! Offer only valid through CreateSpace. Review this book at GoodReads (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25144919)
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Total Pages : 1504 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (919 download)
Download or read book Railway World written by and published by . This book was released on 1906 with total page 1504 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Total Pages : 586 pages
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Download or read book Railway Times written by and published by . This book was released on 1911 with total page 586 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Total Pages : 878 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Railway Locomotives and Cars written by and published by . This book was released on 1847 with total page 878 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Hyde Clark
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Total Pages : 536 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book The Railway Register and Record of Public Enterprise for Railways, Mines, Patents, and Inventions written by Hyde Clark and published by . This book was released on 1845 with total page 536 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Chris Hunter
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780738529387
Total Pages : 136 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (293 download)
Download or read book Ocean Shore Railroad written by Chris Hunter and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2004 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With one of the world's most scenic backdrops as a brilliant seascape for passengers, the Ocean Shore Railroad skirted northern California's coastline to service communities south of San Francisco for the first two decades of the 20th century. As impressive as it was idealistic, the line was held prisoner by natural forces that eventually took too much of a toll to keep its striking route churning. Today's Highway 1 traces the passage once paved with tracks, and points to the few remnants of one of California's most well-known excursion lines.
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Total Pages : 1136 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book The Railway and Marine World written by and published by . This book was released on 1910 with total page 1136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Total Pages : 1286 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (31 download)
Download or read book The Street Railway Journal written by and published by . This book was released on 1913 with total page 1286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Canada. Parliament. House of Commons
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Total Pages : 1104 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (555 download)
Download or read book Official Report of the Debates of the House of Commons written by Canada. Parliament. House of Commons and published by . This book was released on 1912 with total page 1104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Sandford Fleming
Publisher : Hunter, Rose
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 116 pages
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Download or read book Report on the Intercolonial Railway Exploratory Survey written by Sandford Fleming and published by Hunter, Rose. This book was released on 1865 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Total Pages : 648 pages
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Download or read book Marine Engineering Log written by and published by . This book was released on 1918 with total page 648 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Canada. Parliament. House of Commons
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Total Pages : 702 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book House of Commons Debates, Official Report written by Canada. Parliament. House of Commons and published by . This book was released on 1920 with total page 702 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Foreign Affairs
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Total Pages : 94 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Discussion of the Nicaragua Ship Canal and the Tehuantepec Ship Railway Schemes Before the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Foreign Affairs and published by . This book was released on 1882 with total page 94 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : United States. Interstate Commerce Commission
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Total Pages : 366 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (319 download)
Download or read book Annual Report - Interstate Commerce Commission written by United States. Interstate Commerce Commission and published by . This book was released on 1888 with total page 366 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With appendices, which include also "Annual report on the statistics of railways..." and "Preliminary report on the income account of railways."
