Railway Navvies - A History of the Men Who Made the Railways

Zusatztext Coleman's pioneering work of industrial history is handsomely illustrated with prints and photographs from the time with a new introduction from the most distinguished recent historian of the railways' The National (Glasgow). Informationen zum Autor Terry Coleman, as a political journalist, interviewed eight prime ministers, from Macmillan to Blair, and in 1988 was named journalist of the year. His previous books include a biographical study of Thomas Hardy and a widely acclaimed biography of Nelson. Klappentext This is the definitive story of the men who built the railways--the unknown Victorian laborers who blasted, tunneled, drank, and brawled their way across 19th-century England. Preached at and plundered, sworn at and swindled, this anarchic elite endured perils and disasters, and carved out of the English countryside an industrial-age architecture unparalleled in grandeur and audacity since the building of the cathedrals. Zusammenfassung Pick, shovel, dynamite: the classic account of the men who built the railways.

Product details

• Authors: Terry Coleman, Coleman Terry
• Publisher: Head of Zeus
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 11.07.2019
• EAN: 9781784977344
• ISBN: 978-1-78497-734-4
• No. of pages: 320
• Subjects: Guides > Motor vehicles, aircraft, ships, space travel > Rail vehicles; Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, European History, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Industries / General, HISTORY / Social History, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / Georgian Era (1714-1837), TRANSPORTATION / Railroads / General, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / Victorian Era (1837-1901), c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, British & Irish history, United Kingdom, Great Britain, Non Fiction, Trains and railways: general interest, Industrialisation & Industrial History, Industrialisation and industrial history