Description
Originally published in 1912, this book with extensive source footnotes and bibliography follows the evolution and development of roads, rivers, canals, tramways, buses and cycles. The role that the development of transport played in the growth and expansion of trade and industry and on the general economic and social conditions of the country is one of the main issues that is discussed. Other themes which are examined are the electrification of the railways, railways and the state, railway rates and charges and early trading conditions.
Book Information
ISBN 9780367741259
Author Edwin A. Pratt
Format Paperback
Page Count 546
Imprint Routledge
Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd