Road Transport in Cumbria in the Nineteenth Century (1975) is a detailed study of transportation by road in one region of Britain, as the roads were being superseded by railways as the main form of land transportation. ...Loe edasi...
The invention of the locomotive changed landscapes, cityscapes, social relations, sensibilities prophesied by Hans Christian Andersen it also made huge impact on literature: on genres, themes, style. This book is about this commotion, this literar...Loe edasi...
This book aims to highlight the interrelations between maritime ports, supply chains and logistics. Inland corridors could be defined as major arteries for inland transportation from and to the maritime port. They link together one or several port...Loe edasi...
Grand European Expresses (1962) examines the trains de luxe of the International Sleeping Car and European Express Trains Company, from the Orient Express of the 1880s to the car-sleepers of the 1960s. As modern-day sleeper services are b...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 04-Feb-2025, Paperback / softback, Kirjastus: Liverpool University Press, ISBN-13: 9781836243915)
Surveying an unusually wide variety of material, ranging from the Victorian triple-decker novel, to Modernist art and architecture, to Pop music and graffiti, this book suggests that the tube-network is a transitional form, linking the alienated spa...Loe edasi...
This book provides an inside account of the intense battle between London Mayor Ken Livingstone, Chancellor Gordon Brown, and Prime Minister Tony Blair over control of the London Underground and the failed implementation of the UKs largest Private...Loe edasi...
Originally published in 1968, and using official records, this book charts the history of the Railway Clearing House and shows the vital role it played in the development of British railways and the growth of the economy. Originall...Loe edasi...
Originally published in 1982, The Railwaymen examines the impact of the transformation which took place in the British Railways in the second half of the 20th Century on the people who maintained British railway services and reve...Loe edasi...
Originally published in 1963, The Railwaymen recounts the struggle of the Amalgamated Society of Railway Servants from its foundation in 1872 until the first national railway strike in 1911 to gain recognition from the companies and a reduction in...Loe edasi...
This authorative volume assesses the origins and impact of the privatisation of the British railway industry. The privatisation of the British railway industry was a unique political and economic event. An integrated industry was br...Loe edasi...
This book outlines a cutting-edge form of program delivery which the authors term SIP-Form or Strategic Integrated Program delivery. The book takes the reader on a journey through the complex Melbourne Level Crossing Removal Program (LXRP), and afte...Loe edasi...
Arguably, since the 1920s but markedly since the 1960s, the railways have been fighting a losing battle with the road transport to retain their share of freight traffic. Gone are the days when almost every British passenger station had its own goods...Loe edasi...
Over the years, Derek Cross photographs have graced the pages of many magazines and several photographic albums featuring his work have been published, recalling railway scenes which have changed radically in the space of a few short decades.Drawing...Loe edasi...
In a rapidly changing world, with increasing competition in all sectors of transportation, railways are currently restructuring their planning, management, and technology. As commercial and pricing policies change and new methods of organization a...Loe edasi...
Road Transport in Cumbria in the Nineteenth Century (1975) is a detailed study of transportation by road in one region of Britain. By the middle decades of the nineteenth century, roads are being superseded by railways as the main form of...Loe edasi...
