Europe’s Infrastructure Transition: Economy, War, Nature by Arne Kaijser,Erik van der Vleuten,Per Högselius

By Arne Kaijser,Erik van der Vleuten,Per Högselius

Europe's infrastructure either united and divided peoples and locations through fiscal structures, crises, and wars. a few used delivery, communique, and strength infrastructure to provide nutrition, strength, commercial items, credits, and unparalleled wealth; others mobilized infrastructure capacities for waging struggle on scales hitherto unknown. Europe's wildlife used to be essentially remodeled; its landscapes, waterscapes, and airscapes became infrastructure themselves. Europe's Infrastructure Transition reframes the conflicted tale of recent ecu heritage via taking fabric networks as its aspect of departure. It lines the priorities set and the alternatives made in developing transnational infrastructure connections - inside of and past the continent. in addition, this examine introduces another set of historically-key contributors, enterprises, and firms within the making of recent Europe and analyzes roads either taken and ignored.

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