Traffic and Politics : The Construction and Management of Rochester Bridge, AD 43-1993

Yates, Nigel & Gibson, James M (edited by)

ISBN 10: 0851153569 / ISBN 13: 9780851153568

Published by Boydell Press/Rochester Bridge Trust, Woodbridge, Suffolk, 1994

About this Item

xviii + 390 pages with Index and 28 tables. 24 figures in text. 16 b/w plates. Unmarked throughout and as new. Previous owner's bookplate on front paste-down. The jacket, not price clipped, is in a removable, clear protective cover.

Seller Inventory # 004499

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Traffic and Politics : The Construction and Management of Rochester Bridge, AD 43-1993
• Publisher: Boydell Press/Rochester Bridge Trust, Woodbridge, Suffolk
• Publication Date: 1994
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0851153569
• ISBN 13: 9780851153568
• Binding: Cloth
• Edition: First Edition
• Condition: Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Fine

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Synopsis

The history of Rochester bridge (identifiable remains date from the Roman occupation of the walled town) and the records of the bridge administration span close on 2000 years of economic and social change. The fortunes of the successive crossings, culminating in the Medway Tunnel project of the 1990s, reflect developments in regional and national affairs; the remarkable surviving archive of the bridge administration gives valuable detail on practical issues such as maintenance and financial management, and on the personalities involved. Each of the six studies that make up this book (written by different scholars) focuses on a distinct period in the history of this ancient and important crossing of the Medway, setting it in a wider national context of economic and social - and inevitably political - history, and including comparative material on other river crossings.

Review

A story of great local interest (and) a series of illustrations both of changes in civil engineering and of the working of English local politics...also a wonderful illustration of the slow development of ideas of legal incorporation. May the Kent History Project produce more work of this standard. ENGLISH HISTORICAL REVIEW Detailed insights into the importance, for all those concerned with transport interests - and to regional historians generally - how the history of bridges elsewhere may, and should, be attempted... well illustrated by diagrams and photographs...strongly recommended. JOURNAL OF TRANSPORT HISTORY