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Government, the Railways and the Modernization of Britain - Beeching's Last Trains (Hardcover) Loot Price: R4,357
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Government, the Railways and the Modernization of Britain - Beeching's Last Trains (Hardcover): Charles Loft

Government, the Railways and the Modernization of Britain - Beeching's Last Trains (Hardcover)

Charles Loft

Series: British Politics and Society

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More than 40 years after its publication, the 1963 Beeching Report on British railways remains controversial for recommending the closure of a third of Britaina (TM)s railways.

In this book, Charles Loft examines:

  • why the nationalized railways were in such dire financial straits by 1963
  • how government work on future transport needs led to conclusions which would have cut Britaina (TM)s railways down by thousands of miles
  • what difficulties eventually halted attempts by Conservative and Labour governments to implement these cuts.

This book will be invaluable to anyone interested in how transport policy is made or how it has arrived at its current state and sheds fascinating new light on the working of government, the economy and the mood of the times under Churchill, Eden, Macmillan and Wilson.

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Imprint: Routledge
Country of origin: United Kingdom
Series: British Politics and Society
Release date: July 2006
First published: August 2006
Authors: Charles Loft
Dimensions: 234 x 156 x 19mm (L x W x T)
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 240
ISBN-13: 978-0-7146-5338-9
Categories: Books > Sport & Leisure > Transport: general interest > General
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LSN: 0-7146-5338-1
Barcode: 9780714653389

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