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Author: Tomáš Nigrin (Director of the Institute of International Studies, Charles University, Prague)
Publisher: Central European University Press
Imprint: Central European University Press
Weight: 0.499kg
ISBN: 9789633864760
ISBN 10: 9633864763
Pages: 256
Publication Date: 10 July 2022
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: In Print
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Reviews
"""Tomáš Nigrin's book is a valuable contribution to the history of Czechoslovak and European railways and the history of transportation in the second half of the twentieth century. He analyzes previously unpublished sources and puts the whole problem in a broader European context."" https://muse.jhu.edu/article/903993 -- Michal Ďurčo * Technology and Culture * ""This book serves as a detailed case study of the railroads’ place in a planned economy and presents a clear example of the inefficiencies of central planning, making it a useful resource for those interested in the economic history of communist states. It often applies the logic of the market to an economic system that operated according to different principles. While the ČSD consistently failed to meet its own standards of service and reliability in the 1970s and 1980s, it also could pull off highly complex logistical tasks when politically necessary, as Nigrin demonstrates with his discussion of the railroads’ elaborate preparations for transporting participants and spectators to the Spartakiad gymnastics exhibitions."" https://www.h-net.org/reviews/showrev.php -- Mira Markham * H-Sci-Med-Tech *"
"""Tomáš Nigrin's book is a valuable contribution to the history of Czechoslovak and European railways and the history of transportation in the second half of the twentieth century. He analyzes previously unpublished sources and puts the whole problem in a broader European context."" https://muse.jhu.edu/article/903993 -- Michal Ďurčo * Technology and Culture *"
By making use of extensive archival resources, Tomas Nigrin examines the role, challenges, struggles, and decline of railways in a centrally planned economy. Far from offering a romanticized history of railways, Nigrin traces the part that polity, policy, and politics played in the decline in rail transport in Czechoslovakia. In addition, his book contributes to the understanding of how the centrally planned economy worked with regards to a nationwide sector such as the Czechoslovak State Railways. --Jeffrey A. Pennington
By making use of extensive archival resources, Tomas Nigrin examines the role, challenges, struggles, and decline of railways in a centrally planned economy. Far from offering a romanticized history of railways, Nigrin traces the part that polity, policy, and politics played in the decline in rail transport in Czechoslovakia. In addition, his book contributes to the understanding of how the centrally planned economy worked with regards to a nationwide sector such as the Czechoslovak State Railways.--Jeffrey A. Pennington
Author Information
Tomáš Nigrin is director of the Institute of International Studies, at the Faculty of Social Sciences, Charles University in Prague.
