Author: David Larmer Smith
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Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 186

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Category : Railroads
Languages : en
Pages : 808

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Author: David Turnock
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1351958933
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 378

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Although a great deal has been published on the economic, social and engineering history of nineteenth-century railways, the work of historical geographers has been much less conspicuous. This overview by David Turnock goes a long way towards restoring the balance. It details every important aspect of the railway’s influence on spatial distribution of economic and social change, providing a full account of the nineteenth-century geography of the British Isles seen in the context of the railway. The book reviews and explains the shape of the developing railway network, beginning with the pre-steam railways and connections between existing road and water communications and the new rail lines. The author also discusses the impact of the railways on the patterns of industrial, urban and rural change throughout the century. Throughout, the historical geography of Ireland is treated in equal detail to that of Great Britain.

Author: Gordon D. Webster
Publisher: Amberley Publishing Limited
ISBN: 1445656183
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 185

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Explores the decline of mechanical signalling in the UK.

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Category : Bibliography
Languages : en
Pages : 1142

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Category : Scotland
Languages : en
Pages : 176

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Author: James R. Nicolson
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Category : Shetland (Scotland)
Languages : en
Pages : 256

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Category : Scotland
Languages : en
Pages : 408

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Author: Alexander Fenton
Publisher: John Donald
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Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 646

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This major project comprises fourteen thematically arranged volumes. The aim of the Compendium is to examine the interlocking strands of history and traditional culture that go into the making of a national identity, in an up-to-date synthesis of the current state of knowledge. By bringing together information from a variety of sources, the Compendium not only provides a digest of topics, but also points towards areas for new investigation. The Compendium concentrates upon the present and the historical period and does not generally deal with prehistory, although for certain themes, such as the development of agriculture and buildings, early evidence is taken into account. Where appropriate, reference is made to foreign parallels and to the influence on Scotland of the cultures of neighbouring peoples. Scottish influence on the world at large is also taken into account, whether in relation to urban or rural, maritime or land-based topics. Material and non-material aspects of history and tradition are considered equally, at all levels of society, indeed oftentimes focusing on the interaction between people of differing social strata

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Category : Railroads
Languages : en
Pages : 656

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