Constructing Iron Europe
Constructing Iron Europe

Author: Irene Anastasiadou

Publisher: Amsterdam University Press

Published: 2011-12-01

Total Pages: 277

ISBN-13: 9052603928

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Conventional histories portray the development of railway infrastructures as a tool to build empires and nation states. Recent scholarship however, has stressed the importance of a transnational perspective beyond an exclusive focus on the nation state. The new perspective enriches both the history of modern Europe and European integration. Constructing Iron Europe demonstrates how during the interwar years key players saw railroads as instruments for building a transnational European community. Based on new archival research, Anastasiadou not only sheds light on patterns of internationalization of railways, but also explores the co-construction of the national and the European in the case of the Greek railways in the Interbellum period. Foundation for the History of Technology & Amsterdam University Press Technology and European History Series (TEHS)

Linking Networks: The Formation of Common Standards and Visions for Infrastructure Development
Linking Networks: The Formation of Common Standards and Visions for Infrastructure Development

Author: Dr Hans-Liudger Dienel

Publisher: Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.

Published: 2014-08-28

Total Pages: 297

ISBN-13: 1409439208

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Presenting recent research on the international integration of infrastructures in Europe this book combines general and methodological chapters and examples from a variety of different sectors such as transport, electricity and communication networks. The wide range of topics gives a good overview of the different challenges posed and the strategies employed in each sector to establish internationally compatible networks, procedures and standards. This work strengthens comparative research as a complement to the detailed analysis of singular cases that often characterises previous works in this field.