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The World's First Railway System: Enterprise, Competition, and Regulation on the Railway Network in Victorian Britain
The World's First Railway System Enterprise Competition and Regulation on the Railway Network in Victorian Britain
Author: Mark Casson
The British railway network was a monument to Victorian private enterprise. Its masterpieces of civil engineering were emulated around the world. But its performance was controversial: praised for promoting a high density of lines, it was also criticised for wasteful duplication of routes. — This is the first history of the British railway system...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780199213979
ISBN-10: 0199213976
Publication Date: 11/9/2009
Pages: 448
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Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Book Type: Hardcover
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