Author: Anthony Dawson
Publisher: Amberley Publishing Limited
ISBN: 1445679744
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 189
Book Description
Author Anthony Dawson explores a fascinating collection of images of the Victorian and Edwardian railway.
Consuming Texts
Author: Stephen Colclough
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 0230590543
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 250
Book Description
This volume explores the history of reading in the British Isles during a period in which the printed word became all pervasive. From wealthy readers of 'amatory fiction', through to men and women reading surreptitiously at the Victorian railway bookstall, it argues that a variety of new reading communities emerged during this period.
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 0230590543
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 250
Book Description
This volume explores the history of reading in the British Isles during a period in which the printed word became all pervasive. From wealthy readers of 'amatory fiction', through to men and women reading surreptitiously at the Victorian railway bookstall, it argues that a variety of new reading communities emerged during this period.
The World's First Railway System
Author: Mark Casson
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 0199213976
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 556
Book Description
This is the first history of the British railway system written from a modern economic perspective. It uses conterfactual analysis to construct an alternative network to represent the most efficient alternative rail network that could have been constructed given what was known at the time - the first time this has been done.
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 0199213976
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 556
Book Description
This is the first history of the British railway system written from a modern economic perspective. It uses conterfactual analysis to construct an alternative network to represent the most efficient alternative rail network that could have been constructed given what was known at the time - the first time this has been done.