The Railway Haters: Opposition to Railways, from the 19th to 21st Centuries

by Alan Brooke and David L Brandon

The railways symbolized the changes taking place in Britain as a result of the Industrial Revolution, and they themselves greatly contributed to these changes. 'Old Wealth', in the form of the great landowning dynasties and the landed gentry, was under challenge from 'New Wealth' the energetic industrial and commercial, urban middle class. Railways, with powers of compulsory purchase, intruded brutally into the previously sacrosanct estates and pleasure...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1526700204
• ISBN13: 9781526700209
• Release Date: September 2019
• Publisher: Pen and Sword Transport
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 2.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 7.0" x 10.0"