The politics of transport in twentieth-century France / Joseph Jones.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Jones, Joseph, 1954-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Transportation and state--France--History--20th century.

Transportation and state.

Transportation--France--History--20th century.

Transportation.

Physical Description:

xiv, 302 p. : maps ; 24 cm.

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

Politics of transport in 20th century France

Politics of transport in 20th century France.

Place of Publication:

Kingston : McGill-Queen's University Press, c1984.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Joseph Jones's study focuses on the period since World War I. In these years the stability of the transport world was shaken by the effect of automobile competition upon the railways' near monopoly. A republican tradition based on fear of monopoloy and protection of local facilities had emerged in the era when rail was king. In the 1930s and 1940s transport policy became a tug of war between supporters of this tradition and those who felt that a new approach was needed to cope with competition, economic depression, and war. Legislative proposals led to heated discussion as railway companies, car manufacturers, truckers, oil companies, small business, local authorities, and trade unions fought to defend their interests. Dr Jones's study of these conflicts, based uopn extensive archival research, illustrates the tension between state planning economic liberalism wihch has been the central issue in economic policy in twentieth-century France.

Contents:

Front Matter

Contents

Figures

Tables

Preface

Abbreviations

French Transport Policy: Raison d'état or Esprit de clocher?

The Rise of the Automobile, 1920–1930

Transport and the Depression, 1930–1934

Ententes and Economies, 1934–1936

Carrot and Stick, 1936–1939

Transport and War: Vichy

Transport and War: The Free French

Transport and the Plan

Transport and the Postwar Boom, 1950–1973

Notes

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Includes index.

Includes bibliography and index.

ISBN:

0-7735-6097-1

OCLC:

929121572