Progress and Prosperity. The Old World and its Remaking into the New. The Story of the Mediums of Development. The Building of Empires in America, the World’s Wonderland

In 8 (cm 15,5 x 24), pp. XXXII + 887 + (11b) con riproduzioni fotografiche intercalate al testo. Legatura coeva in mezza pelle con angoli e piatti rivestiti in tela (qualche segno d’uso alla tela del piatto posteriore). Argomenti: The Essential Forces Making for Progress and Prosperity; The Magnitude of the Rail Road; The Making of Nations; The Greatest Revolution of the World; The Beginning of the Real New World; The Real Winners of the West; The Birth of a Rail Road; Banks, Banking and Money; The Origin and the Analysis of the Corporation; Capitalization and Overcapitalization; Cost of Construction of Steam Roads; The Rich and the Poor Roads; How the Rail Road Business is Built and Maintained; ecc…

40,00 €