Edition |
First edition. |
Description |
xvii, 261 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
Content type |
text rdacontent |
Format |
volume rdacarrier |
Contents |
The train of the living dead. Verona-Milano -- Milano-Verona -- First class, high speed. Verona-Milano -- Milano-Firenze -- To the end of the land. Milano-Roma-Palermo -- Crotone-Taranto-Lecce -- Lecce-Otranto. |
Summary |
An Italian travelogue describes the trains that traverse the country, from the architecture of old train stations to the new high-speed railways, and portrays the author's memorable encounters along the way, exploring how trains helped build Italy and how their development Italians' sense of themselves. |
Subject |
Railroad travel -- Italy.
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Italy -- Description and travel.
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Italy -- Social life and customs.
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Parks, Tim -- Travel -- Italy.
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ISBN |
9780393239324 |
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0393239322 |
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