2nd Edition
The Development of Transportation in Modern England
Copyright Year 1962
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Book Description
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
Table of Contents
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