2nd Edition

The Development of Transportation in Modern England

By William T. Jackman Copyright 1962
    829 Pages
    by Routledge

    829 Pages
    by Routledge

    Published in 1962: In offering this work as a modest contribution to our knowledge of the economic development of England from the standpoint of transportation, the author must say, in the first place that he has endeavoured to adhere rigidly to the subject in hand, withour making deviations into collateral fields

    1. Introduction  2. Roads and Road Legislation 1500-1750  3.River Navigation, 1500-1750  4. Roads and their Improvement 1750-1830  5. Inland Navigation, 1750-1830  6. Steam Navigation  7. Development of Railways  8. Effects of Steam upon Road Transportation  9. Compettition of Railways and Canals 

    Biography

    William T. Jackman