Government and the Railways in Nineteenth-Century Britain

by 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 from its beginnings in 1840. Based on departmental records, the private papers of politicians and administrators, and the archives of the companies themselves,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B002B9A2FG
• ISBN13: 9781487581176
• Release Date: December 1965
• Publisher: University of Toronto Press
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.5"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher