The Rise and Rise of Road Transport, 1700-1990

by Theo Barker, Dorian Gerhold

Overview

Most books about Britain's transport history have concentrated on canals and railways. It is now clear that a great deal of traffic went by road even before turnpikes, and that goods as well as passenger services were much more highly developed than previously thought. Development of road transport continued during the Canal and Railway Ages and expanded with the advent of more efficient but more environmentally damaging motor vehicles. This book will be an essential book not only for transport specialists but also for genealogists, geographers, motor engineers, and those interested in technical change.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780521552806
Publisher:	Cambridge University Press
Publication date:	09/28/1995
Series:	New Studies in Economic and Social History , #21
Edition description:	1st Cambridge University Press ed
Pages:	102
Product dimensions:	5.51(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.39(d)

Table of Contents

Introduction; 1. Goods transport to the 1830s; 2. Passenger transport to the 1830s; 3. Road transport in the railway age; 4. Motor transport between the wars; 5. The motorway age; Notes; Bibliography; Index.