The Hejaz Railway and the Ottoman Empire : modernity, industrialisation and Ottoman decline / Murat Özyüksel ; translated from Turkish by Sezin Tekin.
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TextLanguage: English Original language: Turkish Series: Library of Ottoman studies: v. 39.Publisher: London : I.B. Tauris, 2014Description: 300 pages, 7 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 23 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781780763644; 1780763646Uniform titles: Hicaz Demiryolu. English Subject(s): Hejaz Railway -- History | Hejaz Railway | Railroads -- Saudi Arabia -- History | Turkey -- History -- 1878-1909 | Turkey -- History -- Mehmed V, 1909-1918 | Eisenbahn | Osmanisches Reich | Hedschasbahn | Railroads | Saudi Arabia | Turkey | 1878-1918 | Hejaz Railway | Railroads Syria | Railroads Saudia ArabiaGenre/Form: History.DDC classification: 385.09538 LOC classification: HE3380.3.Z8 | .H45613 2014Summary: Railway expansion was symbolic of modernization in the late 19th century, and Britain, Germany and France built railways at enormous speed and reaped great commercial benefits. In the Middle East railways were no less important, and the Ottoman Empire's Hejaz Railway was the first great industrial project of the 20th century. Built by German engineers, and instituted by Sultan Abdul Hamid II, the railway was financially crippling for the Ottoman state and its eventual stoppage 250 miles short of Mecca was symbolic of the Ottoman Empire's crumbling fortunes. This is the first book in English on the subject.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 274-289) and index.
Railway expansion was symbolic of modernization in the late 19th century, and Britain, Germany and France built railways at enormous speed and reaped great commercial benefits. In the Middle East railways were no less important, and the Ottoman Empire's Hejaz Railway was the first great industrial project of the 20th century. Built by German engineers, and instituted by Sultan Abdul Hamid II, the railway was financially crippling for the Ottoman state and its eventual stoppage 250 miles short of Mecca was symbolic of the Ottoman Empire's crumbling fortunes. This is the first book in English on the subject.
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