During the nineteenth century, railway lines spread rapidly across Europe, linking the continent in ways unimaginable to previous generations. By the beginning of the twentieth century the great cities of the continent were linked by a complex and extensive rail network. Yet this high-point of interconnectivity, was abruptly cut-off after 1945, as the Cold War built barriers - both physical and ideological - between east and west. In this volume, leading transport history scholars take a f...

This book, the second in a two- volume work resulting from a 2018 conference organized by the International Railway History Association (IRHA), examines the relationship between the railways and the First World War from a global theoretical, methodological and geographical perspective.Although the First World War (1914– 1918) has been studied extensively from virtually every angle, the question of the railways has not been the subject of robust historical interest, despite their cr...

This book, the first in a two-volume work resulting from a 2018 conference organised by the International Railway History Association (IRHA), examines the relationship between the railways and the First World War from a global theoretical, methodological and geographical perspective.Although World War I (1914–1918) has been studied extensively from virtually every angle, the question of the railways has not been the subject of robust historical interest, despite their crucial role ...

" Aujourd'hui, je prends la parole avec ce livre. Je prends la parole, pourtant jamais je n'ai prononcé le moindre mot. Philippe, invalide moteur cérébral athétosique nous raconte son combat pour une vie normale mais hors normes.Philippe Aubert a 37 ans. Handicapé de naissance il est invalide moteur cérébral athétosique. Mais pour lui ce ne sont que des mots, pas sa vie, pas la vie. Au travers ce livre, il raconte les différents combats qu'il a menés contre les institutions qu'elles...