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Название: Commuter City: How the Railways Shaped London Автор: David Wragg Издательство: Wharncliffe ISBN: 1845631099 Год: 2010 Формат: EPUB Страниц: 256 Размер: 3,9 МБ Язык: Английский
On the eve of the railway age, London was the world’s largest and most populous city – and one of the most congested. Traffic-clogged roads and tightly packed buildings meant that travel across the city was tortuous, time-consuming and unpleasant. Then came the railways. They transformed the city and set it on a course of extraordinary development that created the metropolis of the present day.