Road haulage by motor in Britain : the first forty years

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    • Gibson, Thomas

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Road haulage by motor in Britain : the first forty years

Thomas Gibson

Ashgate, c2001

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Includes bibliographical references and index

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内容説明

This study of the early years of road haulage by motorized vehicles in Britain offers an overview of the whole industry from before the time of World War I. Topics covered include individual firms, their competitive environment and financial fortunes; the study of competition between the vehicle and the horse, between petrol and steam, between petrol and diesel, between roads and railways; wage rates and equipment; social effects and road networks amongst others.

目次

  • A most important improvement
  • to fill a great void
  • the coming great home industry
  • ways and means
  • wars and rumours of wars
  • keeping the home wheels turning
  • the framework of expansion
  • brave new world
  • the roaring 20s
  • the coming of the diesel
  • what to do about it all
  • reports and the consequences
  • binding leglisation
  • wages and charges
  • the end of the beginning.

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