Introduction
Ralf Roth. Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität,
Frankfurt, Germany.
SESSION 1 - INDIVIDUAL ACROSS-BORDER INVESTORS
Making
Tracks: PromotingThe Rothschild Archive as a source for Railway History.
Melanie Aspey. The Rothschild Archive,
London, United Kingdom.
The
Pereire Family Strategy in the field of International Finance in the
1850-1860's.
Christophe Bouneau. Université Michel de Montaigne - Bordeaux 3 and
Maison des Sciences de l´Homme dÁquitaine, France.
Leon
Sapieha - a Prince and Railroad Entepreneur.
University Library, Czernowitz, Ukraine.
Raffaele
de Ferrari, Duke of Galliera, an Investor or European Stature.
Michèle Merger. Institut d´histoire moderne et contemporaine,
CNRS, Paris, France.
The Rise and Fall of
the Railway King Henry Bethel Strousberg: Difficukties of International
Railway Investments in Germany in the 1860s.
Ralf Roth. Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität, Frankfurt, Germany.
Economic Investment
and Railway Publicity. The influence of Railway Photographs Circulation
on French and Spanish Modern Painting in the 19th Century Second Half.
Rocío Robles Tardío. Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain.
SESSION 2 - ACROSS BORDER INVESTMENTS IN
EUROPE
Spanish Society of
Secondary Railways: the Failure of a Major International Project to
Create an Additional Railway Network in Spain.
Francisco de los Cobos Arteaga &
Tomás Martínez Vara. Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha and Universidad
Complutense de Madrid, Spain.
International
Constraints, Railway Finance and the Menace of Motorization in Germany,
1925-35, Including a Brief Comparison with Sweden and Great Britain.
Gustav Sjöblom. University of Cambridge, United Kingdom.
Railway Investments in
Italy in the 19th Century.
Daniela Felisini. Università di Roma "Torre Vergata",
Italy.
The French Investors
in Portuguese Railways from 1855 to 1884: Three Cases.
Magda Pinheiro. Instituto Superior de Ciéncias do Trabalho e da
Empresa, Portugal.
British and French
Investments in the Belgian Railroad Sector during the 19th Century.
Frans Buelens. University of Antwerp, Belgium.
The Dutch as Railway
Investors at Home and Abroad.
Augusts J. Veenendaal. institute of Netherlands History at The
Hague, The Netherlands.
SESSION 3 - FROM EUROPE INTO THE WORLD:
OVERSEA INVESTMENTS
Reasons for Sustained
British Investment in Overseas´ Railways, 1830-1914: The Imperial
Dream, Engineers´ Assurances or an 'Investment Hungry' Public?
Diane K. Drummond. Univeresity of
Leeds, United Kingdom.
John Chapman and the
Promotion of the Great Indian Peninsula Railway, 1842-1850.
Ian J. Kerr. University of Manitoba, Canada.
Franch Finance and
Railway Construction in Nothern China, 1895-1905.
Robert Lee. University of Western Sidney, Australia.
The Transandine
Railway: a Hundred Year Long Financial Disaster that still attracts
Investors.
Ian Thompson. Unidad de Transporte, Chile.
The Establishment of
Railways in the 19th Century Brazil and the British Imperialism.
Maria Teresa Ribeiro de Oliveira. University of Brasília, Brazil.
Semmering Railway. The
History and Financial Aspects Then and Today.
Gerhard H. Gürtlich. Federal Ministry for Traffic, Innovation and
Technology, Vienna, Austria
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