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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Mitchell P. Strohl , Michel WalravePublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc Imprint: Praeger Publishers Inc Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.20cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.652kg ISBN: 9780275942526ISBN 10: 027594252 Pages: 336 Publication Date: 30 October 1993 Recommended Age: From 7 to 17 years Audience: College/higher education , Undergraduate , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand ![]() We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of ContentsMaps Foreword by Michel Walrave Preface and Acknowledgments Europe: The Map and the Economy Time in Transportation, Speed on Railways Japan's Shinkansen: Where It All Began France and the Train a Grande Vitesse The Channel Tunnel, the London Problem, the United Kingdom Italy, the Direttissime, Sistema Ad Alta Velocita Germany and the Intercity Express The European High Speed Train Network, the Alpine Wall, Switzerland, and Austria Iberia and the Spanish Tren de Alta Velocidad North and East and Elsewhere Bibliography IndexReviews.,. Strohl has produced an excellent up-to-date book on the status of the world's high-speed passanger rail lines and plans. This is not a train buff or rail fan book, but rather an impressive scholarly exposition by and American political science professor, longtime resident in Paris, who provides considerable technical detail in terms understandable to the general reader. The book is very comprehensive in its coverage. There is no comparable book. The footnotes, bibliography, and index are excellent. General; advanced undergraduate through faculty; professional. -Choice Author InformationMITCHELL P. STROHL is Professor Emeritus of Political Science at the American University of Paris. He is the author of The International Law of Bays (1963) and a contributor to Akaha's International Handbook of Transportation Policy (Greenwood, 1990). He is a graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy, Boston University, and he received his doctorate from the Fletcher School of Tufts University. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |