A thin pair of steel ribbons across town and countryside, along sea walls, over remote and lonely Highland moors, through tunnels, and carried on magnificent viaducts - the special association betwee

克里斯蒂安·沃尔玛尔，英国铁路历史学家，知名记者。英国《卫报》称他为“了不起的铁路历史专家”，2007年，他被授予政府级别荣誉“年度国家交通运输记者奖”。他长期为《泰晤士报》《独立报》《卫报》撰稿，并为英国铁路领域的政府部门和企业提供决策咨询。 沃尔玛尔拥有丰富的铁路历史学识，熟知中、美、俄、印等许多国家的铁路发展历程。他笔下的铁路史往往浓缩着一个时代的影子。他关注铁路与现代社会的构建，主要研究铁路与资本流通、技术、国家、战争的关系。沃尔玛尔的作品有《DK铁路史》《铁、血与金：铁路如何改变世界》《战争的引擎：铁路如何改变现代战争》《烈火与蒸汽：英国铁路史》等。

This work collects a number of essays that discuss why landscape is gaining increased attention in contemporary society, and what new possibilities might emerge from this situation. Themes such as urbanism, reclamation, infrastructure, geometry, and representation are explored in discussions ddrawn from developments not only in the United States but also in the Netherlands, Fra...(展开全部)

This work collects a number of essays that discuss why landscape is gaining increased attention in contemporary society, and what new possibilities might emerge from this situation. Themes such as urbanism, reclamation, infrastructure, geometry, and representation are explored in discussions ddrawn from developments not only in the United States but also in the Netherlands, Fra...(展开全部)

Why did the industrial revolution take place in eighteenth-century Britain and not elsewhere in Europe or Asia? In this convincing new account Robert Allen argues that the British industrial revolution was a successful response to the global economy of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. He shows that in Britain wages were high and capital and energy cheap in comparison t...(展开全部)

Why did the industrial revolution take place in eighteenth-century Britain and not elsewhere in Europe or Asia? In this convincing new account Robert Allen argues that the British industrial revolution was a successful response to the global economy of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. He shows that in Britain wages were high and capital and energy cheap in comparison t...(展开全部)

Why did the industrial revolution take place in eighteenth-century Britain and not elsewhere in Europe or Asia? In this convincing new account Robert Allen argues that the British industrial revolution was a successful response to the global economy of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. He shows that in Britain wages were high and capital and energy cheap in comparison t...(展开全部)

Why did the industrial revolution take place in eighteenth-century Britain and not elsewhere in Europe or Asia? In this convincing new account Robert Allen argues that the British industrial revolution was a successful response to the global economy of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. He shows that in Britain wages were high and capital and energy cheap in comparison t...(展开全部)

美国历史学会乔治·路易斯·比尔奖（The George Louis Beer Prize）：1895年以后的欧洲国际史 At its zenith in the early twentieth century, the British Empire ruled nearly one-quarter of the world’s inhabitants. As they worked to exercise power in diverse and distant cultures, British authorities relied to a surprising degree on the science of mind. Ruling Minds explores how psychology opened up new possibiliti...(展开全部)

Trusted for its timeliness and ample learning aids, this best-seller introduces geography as a social science by emphasizing the relevance of geographic concepts to human problems. Another main focus of the book is the relationship between globalization and cultural diversity, which is woven throughout the narrative. Rubenstein addresses these themes with a clear organization a...(展开全部)