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Einband grossFrom Rail to Road and Back Again?
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From Rail to Road and Back Again?

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446 Seiten
Englisch
Taylor & Franciserschienen am03.03.2016
In this volume, the mutual interdependence between road and rail transport is investigated, providing a fascinating reappraisal of the complex and shifting nature of European transportation over the last hundred years. The first half of the collection examines how railway companies reacted to increasing competition from road transport. The second part focuses on road mobility, a key success story of the twentieth century.mehr
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KlappentextIn this volume, the mutual interdependence between road and rail transport is investigated, providing a fascinating reappraisal of the complex and shifting nature of European transportation over the last hundred years. The first half of the collection examines how railway companies reacted to increasing competition from road transport. The second part focuses on road mobility, a key success story of the twentieth century.
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Weitere ISBN/GTIN9781317131854
ProduktartE-Book
EinbandartE-Book
FormatEPUB
Format HinweisDRM Adobe
FormatE101
Erscheinungsjahr2016
Erscheinungsdatum03.03.2016
Seiten446 Seiten
SpracheEnglisch
Dateigrösse26815 Kbytes
Artikel-Nr.4600199
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Genre9200

Inhalt/Kritik

Inhaltsverzeichnis
Introduction; I: Rails and Roads Between Competition and Interdependency; 1: Rails and Roads Between Competition and Interdependency; 2: Shaping British Freight Transport in the Interwar Period; 3: Conceiving Distribution in the United Kingdom; 4: Railway Containers in the United Kingdom and Europe during the 1920s and 1930s; 5: The Sea Container Revolution and Road-Rail Competition in Britain; 6: Trucking in Germany; 7: Road-Rail Competition in France in the 1930s:; 8: Containerisation in the United States During the Interwar Period; II: Mobility on Roads; 9: Creative Destruction? A Schumpeterian View of Innovation in Car Transportation; 10: Inventing the American Road; 11: The Development of the European Highway Network; 12: Motorways and the Modernisation of Britain's Road Network, 1937-70; 13: The Metamorphosis of Public Transport Services in the Paris Region; 14: Rails in the Car Kingdom; 15: The City and the Autobahn 1926-56mehr

Autor

Ralf Roth is Professor of Modern History at the Historisches Seminar, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universitÿt, Frankfurt, Germany. Colin Divall is Professor of Railway Studies at the University of York.