A History of Inland Transport and Communication; a Reprint with an Introductory Note by C. R. Clinker

Pratt, Edwin A.

ISBN 10: 0715347039 / ISBN 13: 9780715347034

Published by Newton Abbot, David & Charles, 1970

About this Item

Fine cloth copy in a near fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dw, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and sharp-cornered. ; 532 pages; Description: vi, xii, 532 p. 23 cm. Subjects: Transportation --Great Britain --History. 1 Kg.

Seller Inventory # 90371

Bibliographic Details

• Title: A History of Inland Transport and Communication; a Reprint with an Introductory Note by C. R. Clinker
• Publisher: Newton Abbot, David & Charles
• Publication Date: 1970
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0715347039
• ISBN 13: 9780715347034
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1970 Edition.
• Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included
• Weight: 1 kilogram

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Synopsis

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.