An Historical Geography of Railways in Great Britain and Ireland

Author: David Turnock
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1351958933
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 378

Book Description
Although a great deal has been published on the economic, social and engineering history of nineteenth-century railways, the work of historical geographers has been much less conspicuous. This overview by David Turnock goes a long way towards restoring the balance. It details every important aspect of the railway’s influence on spatial distribution of economic and social change, providing a full account of the nineteenth-century geography of the British Isles seen in the context of the railway. The book reviews and explains the shape of the developing railway network, beginning with the pre-steam railways and connections between existing road and water communications and the new rail lines. The author also discusses the impact of the railways on the patterns of industrial, urban and rural change throughout the century. Throughout, the historical geography of Ireland is treated in equal detail to that of Great Britain.

Retail Trading in Britain 1850-1950

Author: James B. Jefferys
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107602734
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 537

Book Description
This 1954 volume explores trends in the distributive trades in the United Kingdom from 1850-1950.

Victorian Telegraphy Before Nationalization

Author: Simone Fari
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 1137406526
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 235

Book Description
This study offers an analysis of the technological and entrepreneurial features of the Victorian telegraph service, together with the companies which ran it until nationalization in 1869. It shows a historical reconstruction mainly based on original and unedited documents belonging to a variety of archives.

Germany and the Ottoman Railways

Author: Peter H. Christensen
Publisher: Yale University Press
ISBN: 0300225644
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 205

Book Description
Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Notes on Dates, Transcription, and Format -- 1 Introduction -- PART ONE -- Chapter 1. Politics -- Chapter 2. Geography -- Chapter 3. Topography -- Chapter 4. Archaeology -- PART TWO -- Chapter 5. Construction -- Chapter 6. Hochbau -- Chapter 7. Monuments -- Chapter 8. Urbanism -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Illustration Credits -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z

British Policy Towards the Ottoman Empire 1908-1914

Author: Joseph Heller
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1136279008
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 243

Book Description
First Published in 2004. Throughout the half-century between the Crimean War and the outbreak of the First World War, few countries confronted successive British governments with the complexity of problems posed by the Ottoman Empire. This study attempts to attain three main objectives. The first is an analysis of the growth and development of British policy at two levels: the Embassy and the Foreign Office. The second is an assessment of the influence of various embassies on decision-making in the Foreign Office. The third is an estimate of the influence of European and Imperial considerations upon the formulation of Britain's policy towards the Ottoman Empire.

Twentieth Century Industrial Archaeology

Author: Michael Stratton
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 1136748016
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 249

Book Description
This book examines the industrial monuments of twentieth- century Britain. Each chapter takes a specific theme and examines it in the context of the buildings and structure of the twentieth century. The authors are both leading experts in the field, having written widely on various aspects of the subject. In this new and comprehensive survey they respond to the growing interest in twentieth-century architecture and industrial archaeology. The book is well illustrated with superb and unique illustrations drawn from the archives of the Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England. It will mark and celebrate the end of the century with a tribute to its remarkable built industrial heritage.

The Cambridge Urban History of Britain

Author: Peter Clark
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521417075
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 1032

Book Description
The process of urbanisation and suburbanisation in Britain from the Victorian period to the twentieth century.

Still Standing

Author: Christopher Brown
Publisher:
ISBN: 0253346347
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 133

Book Description
This photographic collection of urban train station design chronicles 40 large passenger station buildings built between 1850-1950 and still in existence from the great terminals of London to the Retiro Station in Buenos Aires.

The Agrarian History of England and Wales

Author: Edward John T. Collins
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521329279
Category : Agriculture
Languages : en
Pages : 1362

Book Description

Indian Architecture in Postcards

Author: Éléonore Muhidine
Publisher: transcript Verlag
ISBN: 3839467160
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 197

Book Description
Focusing on a private collection of 60 postcards of modern architecture in Mumbai, New Delhi, Kolkata, Chennai and Agra, the contributors to this volume explore the many dimensions of modern architecture in India from the 1890s to the 1970s and share their own perspective on these objects. Experts on architectural history and visual studies, as well as postcard collectors provide new insights into a territory and its architectural heritage which is still largely unknown in Europe, and reflect on the postcard as a medium for historical research.