The Rise and Rise of Road Transport, 1700 1990
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Format
Paperback / Softback
Book Series
New Studies in Economic and Social History
ISBN-10
0521557739
ISBN-13
9780521557733
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Imprint
Cambridge University Press
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Sep 28th, 1995
Print length
102 Pages
Weight
146 grams
Dimensions
14.40 x 21.00 x 0.60 cms
Product Classification:
18th century, c 1700 to c 179919th century, c 1800 to c 1899Economic historyTransport industries
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This book is an important survey of the new evidence and arguments regarding road transport over the past three centuries. It sheds new light on the importance of horse-drawn freight in the eighteenth century, offsets the undue attention paid to the railways in the nineteenth century, and stresses that motor transport's present great importance only dates from the 1950s.
Most books about Britain's transport history have concentrated upon canals and railways. It is now clear that a great deal of traffic went by road even before turnpikes, and that goods as well as passenger services were much more highly developed than used to be supposed. This book is an important survey of road transport over the past three centuries. The authors summarise the new evidence and arguments and explain why we need to take a longer view of the subject. They shed new light on the importance of horse-drawn freight in the eighteenth century before the introduction of turnpikes, offset the undue attention paid to the railways in the nineteenth century, and stress that motor transport's present great importance only dates from the 1950s. A full bibliography is provided for more extended study.
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