Roy E. H. Mellor

German Railways

A Study in the Historical Geography of Transport

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Originally published in 1979, this volume is an invaluable study of a railway system and its adjustment to changing political-geographical conditions, as well as changes in economic and social geography.

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Produktdetails

• Routledge Library Edtions: Global Transport Planning
• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 104
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. April 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 297mm x 210mm x 6mm
• Gewicht: 294g
• ISBN-13: 9780367744472
• ISBN-10: 0367744473
• Artikelnr.: 67401525

Autorenporträt

R. E. H. Mellor was Professor of Geography at the University of Aberdeen, U.K.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction. 1. Some Comparisons with Britain 2. The German Railway
Network in its Physical Setting i) Northern Lowlands ii) Central Uplands
iii) Southwestern Scarps and Vales iv) Alpine Foreland and Alps 3.
Historical Growth of the German Railway Network 4. Particularism and the
Railways 5. The Aftermath of the Franco-Prussian War 6. Railways and
Strategy 7. The Shift from Private to State Railways 8. Particularism and
Railway Operations 9. Railways After the 1914-1918 War 10. Creation of the
Deutsche Reichsbahn 11. The Years after 1945 12. Aspects of Traffic and
Services 12. Freight Traffic.