Government and the Railways in Nineteenth-Century Britain /

Government and the Railways in Nineteenth-Century Britain / / Henry Parris.

Railways presented nineteenth century governments with political as well as economic problems: their inherently monopolistic tendencies were recognized almost from the start. Hence the widely accepted notions of laissez-faire did not apply. The book traces government regulation of British railways f...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Toronto Press eBook-Package Archive 1933-1999
VerfasserIn:
Parris, Henry,
MitwirkendeR:
Parris, Henry,
Place / Publishing House:Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2019]
©1965
Year of Publication:2019
Language:English
Series:Heritage
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Physical Description:1 online resource (264 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Plates
  • Preface
  • Conventions and Abbreviations Used in the Text
  • 1. The Need for Government Action
  • 2. The Early Years of the Railway Department, 1840-1844
  • 3. The Railway Board and Its Aftermath, 1844-1846
  • 4. The Commissioners of Railways, 1846-1851
  • 5. The Railway Department, 1851-1867
  • 6. Relations with the Companies
  • 7. Railways in the Theory of Government
  • Epilogue: 1868-1914
  • Appendix A. Presidents and Vice-Presidents of the Board of Trade, 1840-1867
  • Appendix B. The Commissioners of Railways
  • Appendix C. Higher Civil Servants with Responsibility for Regulation of Railways 1840-1867
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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