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BL
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855510
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| Uniform Title
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Hicaz Demiryolu.English
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| Main Entry
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Özyüksel, Murat
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| Title & Author
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The Hejaz Railway and the Ottoman Empire : : modernity, industrialisation and Ottoman decline /\ Murat Özyüksel ; translated from Turkish by Sezin Tekin.
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| Publication Statement
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London :: I.B. Tauris,, 2014.
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| Series Statement
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Library of Ottoman studies ;; 39
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| Page. NO
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1 online resource (300 pages, 7 unnumbered pages of plates) :: illustrations, maps
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| ISBN
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0755607651
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: 0857725602
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: 0857737430
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: 9780755607655
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: 9780857725608
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: 9780857737434
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1780763646
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9781780763644
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| Bibliographies/Indexes
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 274-289) and index.
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| Contents
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Front Cover; Autho Bio; Title Page; Copyright Page; Editor; Contents; List of Illustration; Abbreviations; Map; Introduction; 1. The Historical Development of Railway Construction in the Ottoman Empire; 2. Decision to Construct the Hejaz Railway; 3. Financing the Hejaz Railway; 4. The Construction of the Hejaz Railway; 5. Forces Resisting the Hejaz Railway; 6. Were the Expectations Fulfilled?; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Back Cover.
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| Abstract
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Railway expansion was symbolic of modernization in the late 19th century, and Britain, Germany and France built railways at enormous speed and reaped great commercial benefits. In the Middle East, railways were no less important and the Ottoman Empire's Hejaz Railway was the first great industrial project of the 20th century. A route running from Damascus to Mecca, it was longer than the line from Berlin to Baghdad and was designed to function as the artery of the Arab world - linking Constantinople to Arabia. Built by German engineers, and instituted by Sultan Abdul Hamid II, the railway was.
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Hejaz Railway-- History.
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Hejaz Railway.
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Railroads-- Saudi Arabia-- History.
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20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000.
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Eisenbahn
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Railroads.
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TRANSPORTATION-- Railroads-- Pictorial.
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Turkey, History, 1878-1909.
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Turkey, History, Mehmed V, 1909-1918.
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Hedschasbahn
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Osmanisches Reich
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Saudi Arabia.
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Turkey.
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| Dewey Classification
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385.09538
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| LC Classification
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HE3380.3.Z8H45613 2014eb
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