World's First Railway System: Enterprise, Competition, and Regulation on the Railway Network in Victorian Britain

By Mark Casson

The British railway network was a monument to Victorian private enterprise. Its masterpieces of civil engineering were emulated around the world. But its performance was controversial: praised for promoting a high density of lines, it was also criticised for wasteful duplication of routes.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199213976
• ISBN13: 9780199213979
• Release Date: November 2009
• Publisher: OUP UK
• Length: 558 Pages
• Weight: 2.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.3" x 9.2"