What the railways did for us
Hylton, Stuart2016
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Stuart Hylton looks at the way that Britain has undergone fundamental changes since the beginning of the railway age, and the contribution the railways have made to those changes. Topics include the Victorians' attitudes to class and to women, the extent to which the railways gave rise to new types of crime, and how they influenced the decision of Parliament, the town planners and the development of new urban communities, how we live and work, the growth of the holiday and mass spectator sports, as well as their role within an integrated transport system and the effects of the Beeching cuts on so many rural communities.
Main title:
What the railways did for us / Stuart Hylton.
Author:
Hylton, Stuart, author
Imprint:
Stroud, Gloucestershire : Amberley, 2016.
Collation:
223 pages, 16 unnumbered page of plates : illustrations (black and white) ; 20 cm
Notes:
Originally published: 2015.Includes QR code.Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9781445659527 (pbk)
Dewey class:
385.0941
LC class:
HE3018
Language:
English
BRN:
1771987