The race to the future : the adventure that accelerated the twentieth century
St. Clair, Kassia2024
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The world of 1907 is poised between the old and the new: communist regimes will replace imperial ones in China and Russia; the telegraph is transforming modern communication and the car will soon displace the horse. Kassia St Clair traces the fascinating stories of two interlocking races - setting the derring-do (and sometimes cheating) of one of the world's first car races against the backdrop of a larger geopolitical and technological rush to the future, as the rivalry grows between countries and empires, building up to the cataclysmic event that changed everything - the First World War. 'The Race to the Future' is the incredible true story of the quest against the odds that shaped the world we live in today.
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Author:
St. Clair, Kassia, author
Imprint:
London : John Murray, 2024.
Collation:
384 pages ; 20 cm
ISBN:
9781529386073 (pbk. :)
Dewey class:
796.720904796.720904 ST 796.72 ST 796.72
Local class:
SPORT/MOTOR RACING
Language:
English
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BRN:
3555548
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