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The Rise and Rise of Road Transport, 1700-1990 (Paperback, New ed)
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The Rise and Rise of Road Transport, 1700-1990 (Paperback, New ed)
Series: New Studies in Economic and Social History
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Most books about Britain's transport history have concentrated upon
canals and railways. It is now clear that a great deal of traffic
went by road even before turnpikes, and that goods as well as
passenger services were much more highly developed than used to be
supposed. This book is an important survey of road transport over
the past three centuries. The authors summarise the new evidence
and arguments and explain why we need to take a longer view of the
subject. They shed new light on the importance of horse-drawn
freight in the eighteenth century before the introduction of
turnpikes, offset the undue attention paid to the railways in the
nineteenth century, and stress that motor transport's present great
importance only dates from the 1950s. A full bibliography is
provided for more extended study.
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