1st Edition

Economic History of Transport in Britain

By Christopher Savage, T.C. Barker Copyright 2006
    288 Pages
    by Routledge

    288 Pages
    by Routledge

    Published in 2005, Economic History of Transport Britain is a valuable contribution to the field of Economic History.

    Tables

    Preface

    1. Transport in Britain before the canal age

    2. The canal age

    3. The early railway age

    4. Railways 1850-1914

    5. The changing function of road transport in the railway age

    6. Railways after the first world war

    7. The growth of the road transport industry and the problem of road and railway competition

    8. The regulation of road transport and highway policy

    9. An outline of British transport since the Second World War

    notes and references

    Biography

    Christopher Savage, T.C. Barker