Under ground : subways & metros of the world / Catherine Zerdoun.

Author
Zerdoun, Catherine, 1965- [Browse]
Format
Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
  • Buffalo, New York ; Richmond Hill, Ontario : Firefly Books, 2016.
  • ©2016
Description
207 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 28 cm

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    Summary note
    Provides a tour of the most fascinating subways viewed through the filters of urban planning, ethnology, art, and history. More than 100 subway stations and train cars are described in informative text and color photographs. This book has two parts: the first tells the stories of six major subways: London, Paris, Moscow, New York, Berlin, Tokyo. It describes their histories, the circumstances of their construction, and many anecdotes from what were invariably political, financial, engineering and architectural marathons. As well, deadly accidents, scarce funds and corruption set construction off the rails more often than not. The second half of the book is a photo gallery of some of the most surprising subway stations around the world. They include examples from the six systems covered historically plus stations whose architecture reflects the cities and the people that they serve. --From publisher description.
    Notes
    Includes index.
    Contents
    • History of the subway
    • London
    • Paris
    • Berlin
    • New York
    • Tokyo
    • Moscow
    • Around the world.
    Other title(s)
    Underground, subways and metros of the world
    ISBN
    • 9781770858114 ((hardback))
    • 1770858113 ((hardback))
    LCCN
    2016429845
    OCLC
    940235889
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