Colin Divall

From Rail to Road and Back Again?

A Century of Transport Competition and Interdependency
Herausgeber: Roth, Ralf

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

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 p

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 446
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. Oktober 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm
• Gewicht: 830g
• ISBN-13: 9781032919782
• ISBN-10: 1032919787
• Artikelnr.: 71689825

Autorenporträt

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.

Inhaltsangabe

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 1926-56