List of illustrations; List of tables; Acknowledgements; List of abbreviations; 1. The history of railways; 2. Railways and the Italian state in the nineteenth century; 3. Railway building in Italy; 4. Railway traffic; 5. Conclusions; Bibliography; Index.
An account of the role of railways in Italian political and economic life during the process of unification.
Albert Schram is a Researcher at the School of Business and Economics, Maastricht University.
"This very succinct and persuasive account of railway development
in the second half of the 19th century validates an older view that
the economic impact of the railroads was substantially less than
had been predicted." Choice
"This welcome addition to the growing English-language literature
on nineteenth-century Italy brings together a great deal of
material on the interrelations of the State, the railways, and the
economy." Stefano Fenoaltea, Jrnl of Eco Hist
"...this volume is an excellent survey about the transport history
of the nineteenth century." Stefano Maggi, American Historical
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