The International Railway History Association aims to unite railway historians, museum and archives experts and other professionals, in a reflection on railways history. Liberalization was on the edge of dismantling old companies when the IRHA was created. IRHA aspires to entice attention to railway archives’ destiny in evolving company structures. The present book edits the proceedings of the second IRHA conference that took place in Lisbon at the 150th anniversary of the railway from Lisbon to Carregado inauguration.
Railway modernization was the topic of the conference that also gave the title to this book. Railway modernization grew in a Europe struggling to cope with environmental concerns while facing global challenges. This topic, once a marginal subject among historians, became an important research theme.
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Chromium dreams: the political obstacles to railway modernization in Britain
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Technological mutations of railways' fastening systems for the rails: a required modernization for an adjustment to the evolution of the market
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Technological modernisation in weak traffic networks: railway safety on the Iberian Peninsula during the 19th century
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From the École de Ponts et Chaussées to Portuguese railways: the transfer of technological knowledge and practices
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The modern passenger: constructing the passenger as consumer on Britain´s railways, 1919-1939
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Where there is a house there is a wagon. Railway compartments and house interiors: the places for the modern man
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