Sách - British Rail by Christian Wolmar (UK edition, paperback)

Ships from and sold by EXPERAL Singapore Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd Origin: United Kingdom (Imported) ISBN 13: 9781405946278 Condition: Brandnew Binding: paperback Pages: 416 Dimensons: 128 x 196 x 28 | 314 (gram) ---------------------------------------- ''A passionate defence'' The Times''Impeccably organized, a fast enjoyable read'' TLSBritish Rail wasn''t how we''re asked to remember it . . .From ancient rolling stock to patchy service, stale sandwiches to the wrong kind of snow, British Rail - our last great state-owned organization to be privatized - has received a terrible press.But after its controversial 1948 creation, British Rail was actually an innovative powerhouse that over five decades transformed the UK, creating one of the fastest regular rail services in the world.Award-winning journalist Christian Wolmar takes us from promise to punchline, exploring British Rail''s birth into post-war austerity, the many battles and struggles to evolve what many considered to be a dinosaur, and how, at the height of its success, the service was misunderstood and unfairly maligned, ruthlessly broken up and privatized.___________________''Extraordinary'' Ol''Wolmar is the high priest of railway studies'' Literary Review Giá sản phẩm trên Tiki đã bao gồm thuế theo luật hiện hành. Bên cạnh đó, tuỳ vào loại sản phẩm, hình thức và địa chỉ giao hàng mà có thể phát sinh thêm chi phí khác như phí vận chuyển, phụ phí hàng cồng kềnh, thuế nhập khẩu (đối với đơn hàng giao từ nước ngoài có giá trị trên 1 triệu đồng).....