Dr Philip Bagwell, Philip Bagwell

• Chapter 1 Inland Navigation in Britain before 1830 Chapter 2 Road Transport before the Railway Age Chapter 3 Coastal Shipping Chapter 4 The Foundation of the Railway System Chapter 5 The Economic and Social Effects of Railways Chapter 6 Road and Water Transport in the Railway Age Chapter 7 Government and the Railways 1830–1914 Chapter 8 The Development of Motor Transport 1885–1939 Chapter 9 British Transport Policy 1914–39 Chapter 10 British Transport Developments 1939–70 Chapter 11 Public Transport in Decline 1971–85

`The most comprehensive and up-to-date book on the subject' - Times Literary Supplement`Full of apt and revealing examples which bring alive and make more intelligible the fundamental economic arguments.' - Agricultural History Review`This is an eminently readable volume and the only one which covers the entire period from the Industrial Revolution through to the present.' - Journal of Transport History

Dr Philip Bagwell, Philip Bagwell

• Chapter 1 Inland Navigation in Britain before 1830 Chapter 2 Road Transport before the Railway Age Chapter 3 Coastal Shipping Chapter 4 The Foundation of the Railway System Chapter 5 The Economic and Social Effects of Railways Chapter 6 Road and Water Transport in the Railway Age Chapter 7 Government and the Railways 1830–1914 Chapter 8 The Development of Motor Transport 1885–1939 Chapter 9 British Transport Policy 1914–39 Chapter 10 British Transport Developments 1939–70 Chapter 11 Public Transport in Decline 1971–85

`The most comprehensive and up-to-date book on the subject' - Times Literary Supplement`Full of apt and revealing examples which bring alive and make more intelligible the fundamental economic arguments.' - Agricultural History Review`This is an eminently readable volume and the only one which covers the entire period from the Industrial Revolution through to the present.' - Journal of Transport History

Dr Philip Bagwell, Philip Bagwell

• Chapter 1 Inland Navigation in Britain before 1830 Chapter 2 Road Transport before the Railway Age Chapter 3 Coastal Shipping Chapter 4 The Foundation of the Railway System Chapter 5 The Economic and Social Effects of Railways Chapter 6 Road and Water Transport in the Railway Age Chapter 7 Government and the Railways 1830–1914 Chapter 8 The Development of Motor Transport 1885–1939 Chapter 9 British Transport Policy 1914–39 Chapter 10 British Transport Developments 1939–70 Chapter 11 Public Transport in Decline 1971–85

`The most comprehensive and up-to-date book on the subject' - Times Literary Supplement`Full of apt and revealing examples which bring alive and make more intelligible the fundamental economic arguments.' - Agricultural History Review`This is an eminently readable volume and the only one which covers the entire period from the Industrial Revolution through to the present.' - Journal of Transport History