Railways and the western european capitals : studies of implantation in london, paris, ... berlin, and brussels

This book looks at the effect of railways on London, Paris, Brussels, and Berlin, focusing on each city as a case study for one aspect of implantation.$bThis book looks at the effect of railways on London, Paris, Brussels, and Berlin, focusing on each city as a case study for one aspect of implantation This book looks at the effect of railways on London, Paris, Brussels, and Berlin, focusing on each city as a case study for one aspect of implantation.$bThis book looks at the effect of railways on London, Paris, Brussels, and Berlin, focusing on each city as a case study for one aspect of implantation "A nuanced, precisely researched analysis of the European urban railroad station as exemplar of technological modernization." - John Stilgoe, Harvard University "Fascinating and fast-moving. Nilsen has woven a rich analysis of the arrival of railroads into the heart of three of Europe's greatest cities. This book breaks new ground, uncovering the story of how an all-powerful industry altered the destiny of some of the world's premier urban areas." - Joseph Schwieterman, DePaul University This book explores the effect of railways on London, Paris, Brussels, and Berlin. There is very little existing scholarship that treats railways in an international context. This book engages with International Scholarship: it devotes attention to railway scholarship in foreign languages that has gone largely unnoticed by English-language scholars. It offers an innovative approach: Nilsen uses the different cities as case studies of various aspects of railways' impact on European cities, giving it the quality of a 'post-modern faceted construct'. This book looks at the effect of railways on London, Paris, Brussels, and Berlin, focusing on each city as a case study for one aspect of implantation Front Matter....Pages i-x Introduction....Pages 1-6 Railways and Cities....Pages 7-28 London: Wedges into the Slums....Pages 29-45 London: The Euston Road Terminals....Pages 47-68 Paris: Haussmann, the Railways, and the New Gates to the City....Pages 69-80 Paris: Gare du Nord and Gare de I’Est....Pages 81-108 The Strategic Role of Railways....Pages 109-127 Berlin and Its Railways: Strategy First....Pages 129-141 Brussels’ “Jonction Nord-Midi,” the Scar in the Body of the City....Pages 143-168 Brussels’ “Jonction” as the Heart Valve of a Commuting Workforce....Pages 169-177 Conclusion....Pages 179-186 Back Matter....Pages 187-274 "London, Paris, Berlin, and Brussels were first among European capitals to construct railway lines in the 1830s. This study compares not the cities themselves but rather the ways in which the development and implementation of railways varied among them, shedding light on the role of rail systems in the more general context of historical and urban studies."--Jacket