Dreams of Iron and Steel

Seven Wonders of the Nineteenth Century, from the Building of the London Sewers to the Panama Canal

Deborah Cadbury (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

352 Seiten

2005
Fourth Estate Ltd (Verlag)
978-0-00-716307-6 (ISBN)

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The eagerly awaited new book from the author of "The Lost King of France." This is the story of how the modern world was forged--in rivets, grease and steam; in blood, sweat and human imagination.

A world that had changed little from the Middle Ages was altered beyond recognition by the pioneering genius of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. In Dreams of Iron and Steel, acclaimed historian Deborah Cadbury tells the heroic tale of the visionaries and ordinary workers who brought to life seven great wonders of the world that still have the power to awe and inspire us today. Fueled by Deborah Cadbury's characteristic scholarship and insight, this extraordinary chronicle re-creates the human odyssey of how our modern world was forged not only with rivets, grease, and steam but also with blood, sweat, and extreme imagination.

This P.S. edition features an extra 16 pages of insights into the book, including author interviews, recommended reading, and more.

Deborah Cadbury is the award-winning TV science producer for the BBC, including Horizon for which she won an Emmy . She is also the highly-acclaimed author of ‘The Seven Wonders of the Industrial World’, ‘The Feminisation of Nature’, ‘The Dinosaur Hunters’, ‘The Lost King of France’ and ‘Space Race’.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	4.1.2005
Zusatzinfo	Illustrations
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	129 x 198 mm
Gewicht	125 g
Themenwelt	Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Neuzeit (bis 1918)
	Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Technikgeschichte
	Technik ► Architektur
ISBN-10	0-00-716307-X / 000716307X
ISBN-13	978-0-00-716307-6 / 9780007163076
Zustand	Neuware