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On 28 July 1914, the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy declared war on Serbia after its negative response to the ultimatum. Partial mobilization began on July 28 at midnight towards Serbia, where the first front of the Great War was opened. It... more
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      Great WarRailway and Transportation HistoryRailway history - twentieth centuryGreat War 1914-18
A vasút történetével kapcsolatos első feljegyzések és írások már a 19. század első felében megjelentek Magyarországon, ugyanakkor a közlekedési eszköz-társadalmi-hatásainak vizsgálatához még időnek kellett eltelnie. A vasút történészi... more
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      HistoriographyRailway History--18th and early 19th CenturiesRailway and Transportation HistoryRailway history - twentieth century
Despite the dramatic effect of the railway age on the natural surroundings, it was not seen necessarily as destructive to nature. Railways were both the epitome of progress as well as integral features in pastoral landscapes. This... more
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      Nineteenth Century StudiesNineteenth-century Art19th Century German HistoryLandscape (Art)
Histoire du chemin de fer des chutes de Khone (Laos)
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      Southeast Asian StudiesLaos (Lao PDR)Mekong StudiesFrench Indochina
A könyv az északnyugat-dunántúli térség egyes helyiérdekű vasútjainak – történelmi szaktudományos kutatások tárgyát eddig kevésbé képező – gazdasági és társadalmi hatásait vizsgálja. E vicinálisok: a Sopron–pozsonyi, a Sopron–kőszegi és a... more
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      Railway History--18th and early 19th CenturiesRailway and Transportation HistoryRailway history - twentieth centuryRailway History
A vasút megindulásának pillanatától kezdve érdekelte a szemlélődőket, az utazókat, a politikai és a gazdasági élet szakembereit, az újságírókat és a művészeket. Kezdetben az újtól való félelem, majd az alapvető utazási és szállítási... more
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      Railway History--18th and early 19th CenturiesRailway and Transportation HistoryRailway history - twentieth centuryRailway History
A Russian aristocrat and a Jew? Yakov Polyakov was a rare breed. Luckily
for us, this fascinating figure also kept a diary
The article is also published here: http://blog.nli.org.il/en/the_brothers_polyakov/
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      Financial History (History)DiariesTravel DiariesJewish Bankers
Ročenka o dejinách baníctva a hutníctva / Jahrbuch für Geschichte des Berg- und Hüttenwesens
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      HistoryHistory of Science and TechnologyEconomic HistoryEarly Modern History
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      Armenian HistoryRussian HistoryRailway and Transportation HistorySouth Caucasus
В статье анализируется влияние Финляндской железной дороги на взаимосвязь Петербурга и Гельсингфорса (Хельсинки) с момента постройки до революции 1917 г. В качестве критериев рассматриваются результаты миграции населения между двумя... more
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      History of FinlandHistory of RailwaysHistory of St. Petersburgистория России XIX в.
A 2. világháború után a két nagyhatalom ‒ USA és Szovjetunió ‒ között egyre feszültebbé vált a kapcsolat. Az utóbbi számára nyugati katonai előtérnek minősült Magyarország, amely így az 1949-től fizikailag is megjelenő, majd 1956 után... more
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      Cold WarRailway and Transportation HistoryRailway history - twentieth centuryEastern Bloc
A közlekedés forradalmaként aposztrofált vasút már a 19. század első felében elérte Magyarországot is. A vonalak száma és hosszúsága azonban csak a század második felében növekedett dinamikusan. Komárom és Esztergom vármegye földrajzi... more
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      Railway History--18th and early 19th CenturiesRailway and Transportation HistoryRailway history - twentieth centuryRailway History
Depuis la première moitié du XIX siècle des nombreux essais pour établir des chemins de fer ont été entrepris au Mexique. De cette manière, au long d’un siècle et demi furent implantés plusieurs chemins de fer qui ont contribué à la... more
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      Industrial HeritageRailway History--18th and early 19th CenturiesRailway and Transportation HistoryTlaxcala
O objetivo deste artigo é reconsiderar o papel do sistema mercantilista como uma causa determinante para a ascensão do Império Britânico à hegemonia. Eu defino o sistema mercantilista como um conjunto de capacidades sociotécnicas nos... more
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      Economic GeographyDefence and Peace EconomicsBritish HistoryBritish Politics
After World War II, the different agendas of the two superpowers (United States and Soviet Union) led to the establishment of two world orders separated by the Iron Curtain. Hungary had a geopolitical importance for the Soviet Union, as a... more
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      Railway and Transportation HistoryRailway history - twentieth centuryCold War historyHistory of the Cold War
The agriculture and railways are two areas, which complemented each other during the period under consideration and usually one of the operation supposed the other. At the beginning of railway constructions great emphasis was placed on... more
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      Agricultural HistoryRailway and Transportation HistoryRailway history - twentieth centuryRailway History
Book review of 'Labyrinth', 2014 by Mark Wallinger, published in Cassone, December 2014
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      PhotographyLabyrinthsHistory Of LondonBritish art
A case study of the Fermoy and Lismore Railway as part of an assignment paper for the UCC Local and Regional Studies Course 2017/19. Examines the growth of railways in general, the planning and construction of the Fermoy & Lismore... more
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      Modern IrelandRailways and trainsRailwaysHistory of Railways
""Ανάτυπο από τον δεύτερο τόμο της επιστημονικής επετηρίδας ΘΕΣΣΑΛΟΝΙΚΗ του Κέντρου Ιστορίας Θεσσαλονίκης, Δήμος Θεσσαλονίκης, 1990. PREMIERES INFORMATIONS HISTORIQUES CONCERNANT LA LIAISON FERROVIAIRE THESSALONIKI-MONASTIR A LA FIN DU... more
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      Balkan StudiesOttoman BalkansOttoman-Turkish WesternizationEuropeanization of the Balkans
Infraestructures / Communications / Railways / Ports / Terrestrial and Navigation Routes
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      History of RailwaysHistory of Ports
The World‘s Railways on Coins, by QIAN Lixin (Beijing: China Railway Publishing House, 2015). ISBN: 978-7-113-20216-3.

钱立新:《硬币上的世界铁路》,北京:中国铁路出版社,2015 年. Qian Lixin, Yingbi shang de shijie tielu, Beijing: Zhongguo tielu chubanshe, 2015.
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      NumismaticsRailways and trainsCoinsRailways
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      Armenian StudiesArmenian HistoryRussian HistoryRailway and Transportation History
Imperial Military Transportation in British Asia sheds light on attempts by royal engineers to introduce innovations devised in the UK to wartime India, Iraq, and Burma, as well as the initial resistance of local groups of colonial... more
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      Transportation StudiesRailway TransportTransportationSecond World War
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      Railway TransportRailway and Transportation HistoryPorts and HarboursRailway history - twentieth century
A month after the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife in Sarajevo, the war mobilization to Serbia began at 0 a.m. on 29th July, 1914, which implied the outbreak of the Great War. In 1914, two fronts of it were opened,... more
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      Great WarRailway and Transportation HistoryRailway history - twentieth centuryGreat War 1914-18
The colonial issue was not a Portuguese exclusive, its European counterparts were equally challenged with the growing international criticism of colonial sovereignty. However, for the democratic powers the management of the colonial... more
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      Tourism StudiesHeritage TourismPortuguese Colonialism and DecolonizatonColonialism
Masters essay on the public representations of the steam railway in Uk. Gained a distinction. Pretty rough round the edges
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      Cultural HistoryCultural HeritageHistory of Railways
Az 1956-os forradalom és szabadságharc szovjet leverésével nyilvánvalóvá vált, hogy Magyarország a Keleti Blokkon belül marad. A vizsgált fő vasúti ütőereken gyakorlatilag zavartalanul folyt a közlekedés az ismételten leereszkedő... more
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      Cold WarRailway and Transportation HistoryRailway history - twentieth centuryEastern Bloc
Imperial Military Transportation in British Asia sheds light on attempts by royal engineers to introduce innovations devised in the UK to wartime India, Iraq, and Burma, as well as the initial resistance of local groups of colonial... more
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      Transportation StudiesRailway TransportTransportationSecond World War
Since its inception, the railway has been intimately connected with mining. On one hand, the arrival of trains permitted the large-scale development of numerous mines far from the sea, with the railways facilitating supply delivery to the... more
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      Industrial ArchaeologyHistory of MiningMining HistoryRailways and trains
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      Railways and trainsHistory of Railways
prometían parcos retornos. Este artículo examina los supuestos de partida de esos ingenieros para hacer frente a los problemas, las respuestas que dieron, su acogida por los poderes públicos y la evolución de sus posiciones en las décadas... more
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      Economic HistoryLatin American StudiesLatin American and Caribbean HistoryTransportation Studies
BRITISH STEAM is a copiously illustrated guide, which explores the rise of the steam locomotive, the engine which dominated British railways, and changed the way that people travelled during the nineteenth century. Steam railways were... more
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      British Social HistoryRailways and trainsBritish Railways (BR)Railways
A 19. század második felében induló imperialista békés hatalmi versengés végét 1914-ben Ferenc Ferdinánd trónörökös és feleségének szarajevói merénylete zárta el. Ezt követően nem sokkal az Osztrák–Magyar Monarchia hadüzenetet küldött... more
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      Railway TransportGreat WarRailway History--18th and early 19th CenturiesRailway and Transportation History
This paper gives more attention to methodological matters than to academic results. We believe that our most distinct contribution as archaeologists to a journal of written sources historians (Faces da História) is to show how our... more
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      MethodologyIndustrial ArchaeologyMetodología ArqueológicaCultura Material
Az északnyugat-dunántúli térség két jelentős, korábbi szabad királyi városát, Sopront Kőszeggel összekötő vasút terve már a meglévő bécsújhely (ma: Wiener Neustadt, Ausztria)-soproni vonal Nagykanizsa irányába történő továbbvezetése... more
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      Railway History--18th and early 19th CenturiesRailway and Transportation HistoryRailway history - twentieth centuryHistory of Railways
Ferenc Ferdinándnak és feleségének szarajevói meggyilkolása után egy hónappal, 1914. július 29-én 0 órától megindult a háborús mozgósítás Szerbia felé, ezzel kitört a Nagy Háború. Az 1914-es évben két, a Magyar Királyságot is érintő... more
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      Railway and Transportation HistoryRailway history - twentieth centuryGreat War 1914-18Railway History
Open Panel Proposal; Deadline: 12 May 2019
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      African StudiesTechnologyPostcolonial StudiesAfrican History
Depois de três décadas de hesitações, avanços e recuos da política ferroviária do Fontismo, Portugal enveredou decididamente na construção de caminhos de ferro na década de 1880. Neste período, a rede nacional conheceu o maior crescimento... more
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      History of TechnologyHistória da TecnologiaHistory of RailwaysCaminhos de Ferro
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      Ukraine (History)Crimean Warісторія україниHistory of Railways
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      HistoryModern HistoryCultural HistoryCultural Studies
The postal and railroad infrastructures have long been seen as part of the nationalization process in the nineteenth century. Both transformed society dramatically by giving the opportunity for spatial movement to the general population.... more
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      Historical GeographyGerman HistoryBorder StudiesHistorical GIS
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      Latin American StudiesArchivesChilePatrimonio Cultural
鐵路是近代化建設的重要項目,其增加了運輸效率,縮短了往來時間,可謂重組了空間與時間感。臺灣至十九世紀晚期,也捲入鐵路建設浪潮,而其起源,可溯至光緒十三年(1887)臺灣巡撫劉銘傳(1836-1896)所上陳的一件奏摺。
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      History of TaiwanQing Dynasty (Ch'ing Dynasty)History of Railways
Stemming from the early railway system in Brazil, this article builds on conviviality in Latin America. Scholarship traditionally looks at railroads to analyse economy, architecture, and labour. However, the extent to which railroads... more
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      Latin American StudiesBrazil HistoryBrazilian LiteratureHistory of Railways
Railway transport systems played a key role on the colonization process in West Africa. In Senegal, the main terrestrial communication axis (Dakar-Saint-Louis, Thiès-Kayes) built between 1882 and 1909 favoured the expansion of the market... more
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      Economic HistoryMaritime HistoryAfrican HistoryColonialism