Early British railways

Author(s)

• Lewin, Henry Grote

Bibliographic Information

Early British railways

H. G. Lewin

（The railway revolution / edited by Mark Casson, v. 1）

Routledge/Thoemmes Press, 1998

Note

Reprint. Originally published: London : Locomotive Pub. Co., 1925

Description and Table of Contents

Description

This impressive collection of turn of the century material reveals the pivotal role of the railway in the Industrial Revolution, and provides a historical background to the modern debate of privatisation. On a broader scale, the material: * demonstrates the problems of transport co-ordination, essential for creating integrated transport systems for the future * places railway development in the context of modern perspectives of institutional economics * shows how modern theories of sunk costs, utility regulation, etc. evolved from academic debate over railway pricing policies. These accessible volumes will be of interest to transport historians, economic historians and economists.

Table of Contents

1. Early British Railways 1800-1844 [1925] H.G. Lewin 2. Railway Problems [1887] J.S. Jeans 3. English Railways: Their Development and Relation to the State [1915] E. Cleveland Stephens 4. Elements of Railway Economics [1905] W.M. Acworth 5. Studies in the Economics of Overhead Costs [1923] J.M. Clark Economics of Railway Transport [1909] S.C. Williams 6. Rise of Rail Power in War and Conquest 1833-1914 [1915] E.A. Pratt 7. Transport Co-ordination [1929] K. Fenelon

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Details

• NCID: BA34841734
• ISBN:
  • 0415150884
• Country Code: uk
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: London
• Pages/Volumes: xxxiv, xii, 202 p., [16] leaves of plates (some folded)
• Size: 23 cm
• Classification:
  • DC21 : 385.0942
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Railroads -- Great Britain -- History
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA34841268