"The breadth of this] comparative study of French and German railroad development - the largest and most important railway systems on the continent - is a signal achievement. . . A brief sketch of the book's trajectory does justice neither to the wealth of detail nor to the arresting insights that future historians will draw on for years to come." - Central European History "For Mitchell, this was clearly a labor of love, and it is a pleasure to see a job well done. The book has a full scholarly apparatus along with vital charts and maps to keep things clear." - H-German "Allan Mitchell is...