Networking Europe: Transnational Infrastructures and the Shaping of Europe, 1850–2000 History of Science as is evidenced by the

as is evidenced by the extensive collection

but little known (at least to this reviewer) aspects of oceanographic history over the past century-and-a-half or so

how it thoroughly transformed Swedish society and economy over the following several decades

France and Ireland

The chapters discuss cases of transnational infrastructural integration and fragmentation in various eras and regions in nineteenth and twentieth century Europe

Networking Europe: Transnational Infrastructures and the Shaping of Europe, 1850–2000 History of Science as is evidenced by thevan der Vleuten, Erik, and Arne Kaijser, eds., 2006, vii + 335pp., illus. Politicians, businessmen, engineers, and the military have long recognized, both in peace and war, the pivotal role of transnational infrastructures. Historians, on the other hand, have so far failed to describe and analyze this issue. This book considers the building of transnational networks of railways, telegraphs, highways, and power lines as a window on the shaping of