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Author : Wolfgang Schivelbusch
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 9780520058125
Total Pages : 244 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (581 download)
Download or read book The Railway Journey written by Wolfgang Schivelbusch and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 1986 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Karen Farrington
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780007457069
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (57 download)
Download or read book Great Victorian Railway Journeys written by Karen Farrington and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A glorious insight into Britain over the last 150 years . its history, landscape and people . from the window of Britain.s many and magnificent railway journeys. Great British Railway Journeys has been a hugely successful TV programme. Michael Portillo undertakes five unique journeys that were constructed by the Victorians from 1830-1900. This book shows how the modern British landscape was created from this Victorian legacy. From Windsor to Weymouth, Great Yarmouth to London, Oxford to Milford Haven, Berwick to Barrow, and finally Dublin to Belfast -- Michael will go back in time to showcase areas of outstanding Victorian engineering and design across Queen Victoria's dominions. This book showcase how the world's very first fixed-track train in Merthyr Tydfil operated; how the world's first electric train service ran in Southend to its famous pier; and he also celebrates the wide variety of lines that opened up trade and mobility to the Victorian classes. Travelling on a variety of existing, and in some cases restored, Victorian train lines, he meets their passionate supporters who lovingly work on them, and also looks at the modern landscape to tell the story of how each area was shaped by their Victorian forebears.
Author : Peter Ginn
Publisher : HarperCollins UK
ISBN 13 : 0008194327
Total Pages : 427 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (81 download)
Download or read book Full Steam Ahead: How the Railways Made Britain written by Peter Ginn and published by HarperCollins UK. This book was released on 2016-07-28 with total page 427 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Age of Railways was an era of extraordinary change which utterly transformed every aspect of British life – from trade and transportation to health and recreation.
Author : Charlie Bunce
Publisher : HarperCollins UK
ISBN 13 : 0007452276
Total Pages : 35 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (74 download)
Download or read book Great British Railway Journeys Text Only written by Charlie Bunce and published by HarperCollins UK. This book was released on 2011-06-23 with total page 35 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: TEXT ONLY EB The Sunday Times Bestseller A glorious insight into Britain over the last 150 years - its history, landscape and people - from the window of Britain’s many and magnificent railway journeys.
Author : Philip John Greer Ransom
Publisher : Vintage
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book The Victorian Railway and how it Evolved written by Philip John Greer Ransom and published by Vintage. This book was released on 1990 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Christian Wolmar
Publisher : Atlantic Books
ISBN 13 : 1848872615
Total Pages : 332 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (488 download)
Download or read book Fire and Steam written by Christian Wolmar and published by Atlantic Books. This book was released on 2008-05-01 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Now in paperback, Fire and Steam tells the dramatic story of the people and events that shaped the world's first railway network, one of the most impressive engineering achievements in history. The opening of the pioneering Liverpool and Manchester Railway in 1830 marked the beginning of the railways' vital role in changing the face of Britain. Fire and Steam celebrates the vision and determination of the ambitious Victorian pioneers who developed this revolutionary transport system and the navvies who cut through the land to enable a country-wide network to emerge. The rise of the steam train allowed goods and people to circulate around Britain as never before, stimulating the growth of towns and industry, as well many of the facets of modern life, from fish and chips to professional football. From the early days of steam to electrification, via the railways' magnificent contribution in two world wars, the checkered history of British Rail, and the buoyant future of the train, Fire and Steam examines the social and economical importance of the railway and how it helped to form the Britain of today.
Download or read book Great British Railway Journeys written by and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : John Harold Clapham
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 623 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (49 download)
Download or read book An Economic History of Modern Britain written by John Harold Clapham and published by . This book was released on 1950 with total page 623 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Jack Simmons
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780500278406
Total Pages : 416 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (784 download)
Download or read book The Victorian Railway written by Jack Simmons and published by . This book was released on 1995-01-01 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The railway was the creation of the Victorian age. It transformed the whole social and intellectual fabric of Britain, affected Victorian thought and language, figured in the literature of the age, inspired artists, changed communications and expanded horizons. This book examines every aspect of the railway in Victorian times, from the origins and initial construction to the spreading impact on the nation, and from engineers and financiers to the affect on leisure and the environment. This text should contribute to an understanding of British history and the nature of Britain today.
Author : Robin Jones
Publisher : Pixz
ISBN 13 : 9781906887896
Total Pages : 64 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (878 download)
Download or read book Victorian Steam written by Robin Jones and published by Pixz. This book was released on 2010-09 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Robin Jones looks at the steam engines that made Victorian Britain's railways the envy of the world.
Author : Andrew Martin
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781788161459
Total Pages : 384 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (614 download)
Download or read book Steam Trains Today written by Andrew Martin and published by . This book was released on 2022-04-07 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After the Beeching cuts of the 1960s, many railways were gradually shut down. Rural communities were isolated and steam trains slowly gave way to diesel and electric traction.But some people were not prepared to let the romance of train travel die. Thanks to their efforts, many lines passed into community ownership and are now booming with new armies of dedicated volunteers. Andrew Martin meets these volunteer enthusiasts, finding out just what it is about preserved railways that makes people so devoted. From the inspiration for Thomas the Tank Engine to John Betjeman's battle against encroaching modernity, Steam Trains Today will take you on a heart-warming journey across Britain from Aviemore to Epping.
Author : Sir John Clapham
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 623 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (725 download)
Download or read book An Economic History of Modern Britain written by Sir John Clapham and published by . This book was released on 1926 with total page 623 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Stuart Hylton
Publisher : Amberley Publishing Limited
ISBN 13 : 1445641356
Total Pages : 373 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (456 download)
Download or read book What the Railways Did For Us written by Stuart Hylton and published by Amberley Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2015-02-15 with total page 373 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What the Railways Did For Us will be of interest to rail enthusiasts and to readers with an interest in the social history of Great Britain.
Author : David Turner
Publisher : Shire Publications
ISBN 13 : 9780747811503
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (115 download)
Download or read book Victorian and Edwardian Railway Travel written by David Turner and published by Shire Publications. This book was released on 2013-02-19 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For the majority of the British public in the Victorian period the railways were the only way to travel. In 1880 the population of Britain and Ireland took 518 million railway journeys, and by the turn of the century this number had risen to just over 1.1 billion. Therefore, for anyone trying to get anywhere before 1914, the process of checking the timetable, buying a ticket and taking a seat, was central to their work and leisure activities. However, how people travelled in 1830 had changed radically by the time of the First World War, and the basic services of the early railway been replaced by comfort and complexity. David Turner tells this story; from the development of the stations, passenger carriages, waiting rooms, and tickets, through to the more unfamiliar aspects of smoking and 'ladies only' compartments, excursion trains, passenger's accident insurance and the dangers of crime and accidents. This introduction to Victorian railway travel describes how many features of people's journeys reflected the world in which they were living; and while many were unique to the period, others we would recognise in our railway journeys today. TOC: Introduction / The Beginning of Journeys / The Carriage and its Development / Inside the Carriage / The Perils of Railway Travel / Destinations, For Work and Pleasure / Conclusion
Author : Charlie Bunce
Publisher : HarperCollins UK
ISBN 13 : 0007512481
Total Pages : 35 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (75 download)
Download or read book Journey 8: Brighton to Cromer (Great British Railway Journeys, Book 8) written by Charlie Bunce and published by HarperCollins UK. This book was released on 2013-01-03 with total page 35 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A glorious insight into the history, landscape and people of Britain, from The Sunday Times bestseller.
Author : Gail Carriger
Publisher : Orbit
ISBN 13 : 0316212237
Total Pages : 337 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (162 download)
Download or read book Prudence written by Gail Carriger and published by Orbit. This book was released on 2015-03-17 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From NYT bestselling author Gail Carriger comes a witty adventure about a young woman with rare supernatural abilities travels to India for a spot of tea and adventure and finds she's bitten off more than she can chew. When Prudence Alessandra Maccon Akeldama ("Rue" to her friends) is bequeathed an unexpected dirigible, she does what any sensible female under similar circumstances would do -- she christens it the Spotted Custard and floats off to India. Soon, she stumbles upon a plot involving local dissidents, a kidnapped brigadier's wife, and some awfully familiar Scottish werewolves. Faced with a dire crisis (and an embarrassing lack of bloomers), Rue must rely on her good breeding -- and her metanatural abilities -- to get to the bottom of it all. . .
Author : James Vernon
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1107031338
Total Pages : 591 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (7 download)
Download or read book Modern Britain, 1750 to the Present written by James Vernon and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2017-04-20 with total page 591 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An introductory textbook charting a global history of modern Britain from 1750 to the present.
