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David Gwyn; The Coming of the Railway: A New Global History, 1750-1850; Yale University Press

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    A review of what Yale University Press calls, 'The first global history of the epic early days of the iron railway.'

    http://rogerfarnworth.com/2025/10/0...0-yale-university-press-london-new-haven-2023

    I found this book to be easy to read and yet deeply scholarly. A superb, informative and enjoyable read! It is not too often that you find a railway history book as readable as a novel.

    It seems to me that it is possible that the individual chapters are developed from the text of a series of lectures on early railway history. The readable text is backed up by very comprehensive notes and references. There is also a wide-ranging bibliography.
     
    Roger Farnworth, Dec 8, 2025 at 7:54 PM
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