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"The breadth of [this] comparative study of French and German railroad development - the largest and most important railway systems on the continent - is a signal achievement... A brief sketch of the book's trajectory does justice neither to the wealth of detail nor to the arresting insights that future historians will draw on for years to come." · Central European History "The Great Train Race is a well-researched book, full of useful comparative insights into French and German railway development, and doubtless an important contribution to the history of Franco-German rivalry before World War One ... [R]ecommended to economic historians as a study which shows, in well-balanced comparative perspective, the great importance of their field for understanding political history." · Journal of Modern History "Allan Mitchell is presenting, with The Great Train Race, a highly informed and ambitious study, in which the fundamental importance of trains for the societies of both countries has been convincingly argued." · Historische Zeitschrift From their origins, railways produced an intense competition between the two major continental systems in France and Germany. Fitting a new technolo

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Author

Allan Mitchell, 1933-

Publisher

Berghahn Books, Incorporated

Published

2000

Language

EN

ISBN

9781782381976

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

History, Business, Social Science

Updated

2026-03-24