Dreams of iron and steel seven wonders of the Nineteenth Century, from the building of the London sewers to the Panama Canal

A world that had changed little from the Middle Ages was altered beyond recognition by the engineering genius of the nineteenth century: rivers tamed, oceans pacified, continents bridged. In Dreams of Iron and Steel, acclaimed historian Deborah Cadbury tells the heroic tale of the visionaries and or...

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Main Author:	Cadbury, Deborah
Format:	Books Print Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York, N.Y. : Perennial, 2005, ©2003.
Edition:	1st Perennial ed.
Subjects:	Civil engineering > History > 19th century.
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