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 / Mark Casson.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Casson, Mark, 1945-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2009.
Subjects:
1800-1899
Railroads and state > Great Britain > History > 19th century.
Railroads > Economic aspects > Great Britain.
TRANSPORTATION > Railroads > History.
Railroads and state
Railroads > Economic aspects
Great Britain
Electronic books.
History
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Table of Contents:
  • Contents
  • Preface and Acknowledgements
  • List of Illustrations
  • List of Figures
  • List of Tables
  • List of Abbreviations
  • 1. Introduction and Summary
  • 2. Railways in the Victorian Economy
  • 3. The Counterfactual Network
  • 4. Regional Comparisons
  • 5. Joint Lines
  • 6. Regulation
  • 7. Business Strategies and their Effects
  • 8. Conclusions
  • Bibliography
  • Appendices
  • 1. Deposited Plans
  • 2. Notes on the Local and Personal Acts tabulated in Chapter 2
  • 3. Steiner Geometry
  • 4. The Counterfactual Network: Description of Routes
  • 5. Analysis of Hubs6. Excerpts from the Counterfactual Timetable
  • 7. A Formal Model of Victorian Railway Regulation
  • Index
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