Leuven Railway Station

This tutorial is devoted to the evolution of transport hubs as logistics facilities. The author's methodological and mathematical apparatus for the design of logistics facilities i...

The American panic of 1893 has its origins in the fiscal policy of the U.S. Congress. Within a year, the 1893 panic ushered in one of the most famous labor conflicts in American hi...

Los Angeles, 1976. David Bowie is holed up in his Bel-Air mansion, drifting into drug-induced paranoia and confusion. Obsessed with black magic and the Holy Grail, he's built an al...

This chapter looks at the work undertaken while on the move as an instance of the interplace economy. It considers the interplaces composed of the fixed infrastructures that make m...

This chapter examines the employment of Chinese laborers in the construction of railroads, primarily to cut trees in order to clear the roads, make ties, and provide fuel for the t...

Edward Pease (1767–1858), who left behind extensive diaries for the years 1824–57, was dubbed the 'father of English railways' thanks to his backing of the Stockton and Darlington ...