| Hijaz Railroad |  | Author: William Ochsenwald
Publisher: University of Virginia Press
Category: Book
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Sales Rank: 3012871
Media: Hardcover
Pages: 185
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.5
Dimensions (in): 9.9 x 6.8 x 0.8
ISBN: 0813908256
EAN: 9780813908250
ASIN: 0813908256
Publication Date: February 1988
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Good overview, few statistics July 15, 2005
This book tries to look at the Hijaz Railroad from the perspective of the Ottoman Empire, rather than through the eyes of tourism, or the British victory in World War One. The photographs in the book make it worth reading. They were taken for Sultan Abdulhamid II in the 1900s, and were reproduced in the book with the permission of the Istanbul University Library.
Ochenwald gives an excellent history of the railroad, and then goes into detail as he looks at the financial organization behind the railway, the official donations, private donations, and money raised outside of the empire. He also looks at the publicity that the Ottomans used, and the taxes they levied. He also goes into detail looking at the central and local administration network, and the personnel that ran the railway. He examines the passenger operation, noting that the sale of tickets slowly rose over the years. The book ends with a brief look at the French railway, the Dama, Hama et Prolongements Railroad, and the German Baghdad Railroad. A map of these railroads would have been nice, but unfortunately no map was included.
All in all this is a very good book, although it is only 170 pages in length. It is not as detailed as some other books, but it gives a good overview of the financing, construction, and operation of the railway. For those who would like more detail, especially about the locomotives and cars that the railway used, they should consult Hedjaz Railway by R Tourret. Book Review by Dan Gibson, (...)
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