From Rail to Road and Back Again? - A Century of Transport Competition and Interdependency

In this volume, the mutual interdependence between road and rail transport is investigated, providing a fascinating reappraisal of the complex and shifting nature of European transportation over the last hundred years. The first half of the collection examines how railway companies reacted to increasing competition from road transport. The second p

List of contents

Introduction; I: Rails and Roads Between Competition and Interdependency; 1: Rails and Roads Between Competition and Interdependency; 2: Shaping British Freight Transport in the Interwar Period; 3: Conceiving Distribution in the United Kingdom; 4: Railway Containers in the United Kingdom and Europe during the 1920s and 1930s; 5: The Sea Container Revolution and Road-Rail Competition in Britain; 6: Trucking in Germany; 7: Road-Rail Competition in France in the 1930s:; 8: Containerisation in the United States During the Interwar Period; II: Mobility on Roads; 9: Creative Destruction? A Schumpeterian View of Innovation in Car Transportation; 10: Inventing the American Road; 11: The Development of the European Highway Network; 12: Motorways and the Modernisation of Britain's Road Network, 1937–70; 13: The Metamorphosis of Public Transport Services in the Paris Region; 14: Rails in the Car Kingdom; 15: The City and the Autobahn 1926–56

About the author

Ralf Roth is Professor of Modern History at the Historisches Seminar, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität, Frankfurt, Germany. Colin Divall is Professor of Railway Studies at the University of York.

Summary

In this volume, the mutual interdependence between road and rail transport is investigated, providing a fascinating reappraisal of the complex and shifting nature of European transportation over the last hundred years. The first half of the collection examines how railway companies reacted to increasing competition from road transport. The second p

Product details

• Authors: Colin Divall, Divall Colin
• Assisted by: Ralf Roth (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 14.10.2024
• EAN: 9781032919782
• ISBN: 978-1-032-91978-2
• No. of pages: 446
• Weight: 453 g
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Human Geography, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economic History, 20th Century, HISTORY / World, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Archaeology, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Industries / Transportation, General & world history, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, Economic history, c 1500 onwards to present day, Archaeology, Transport industries, General and world history, Human Geography, History and Archaeology, Modern Period, C 1500 Onwards