| A History of Inland Transport and Communication Contributor(s): Pratt, Edwin a. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0367741237 ISBN-13: 9780367741235 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $190.00 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: May 2021 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Human Geography - Reference - Transportation | Public Transportation |
| Physical Information: 1.19" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" (2.08 lbs) 546 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |