The transport revolution
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The transport revolution
Routledge, 1988
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The transport revolution from 1770
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Note
2nd ed., previous ed. published as: The transport revolution from 1770
Includes bibliography (p. [454]-461) and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
For the new edition of this classic book Professor Bagwell has included an examination of transport developments since 1974 and particularly the radical changes in policy introduced by Thatcher governments since 1979. The inclusion of a large number of maps, tables and figures, and contemporary illustrations of principal modes of transport enhances the reader's understanding and enjoyment of the text.
`The most comprehensive, detailed and up-to-date book on the subject.' -TLS
`Full of apt and revealing examples which bring alive and make more readily intelligible the fundamental economic arguments.' - Agricultural History Review
Table of Contents
Chapter 1 Inland Navigation in Britain before 1830 Chapter 2 Road Transport before the Railway Age Chapter 3 Coastal Shipping Chapter 4 The Foundation of the Railway System Chapter 5 The Economic and Social Effects of Railways Chapter 6 Road and Water Transport in the Railway Age Chapter 7 Government and the Railways 1830-1914 Chapter 8 The Development of Motor Transport 1885-1939 Chapter 9 British Transport Policy 1914-39 Chapter 10 British Transport Developments 1939-70 Chapter 11 Public Transport in Decline 1971-85
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