The world's first railway system : enterprise, competition, and regulation on the railway network in Victorian Britain / Mark Casson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

1945- Casson.

Contributor:

Mark.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Railroads and state--Great Britain--History--19th century.

Railroads and state.

Railroads--Economic aspects--Great Britain.

Railroads.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (556 p.)

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This text presents a history of the British railway system written from a modern economic perspective. It uses counterfactual analysis to construct an alternative network to represent the most efficient alternative rail network that could have been constructed given what was known at the time.

Contents:

Contents; Preface and Acknowledgements; List of Illustrations; List of Figures; List of Tables; List of Abbreviations; 1. Introduction and Summary; 2. Railways in the Victorian Economy; 3. The Counterfactual Network; 4. Regional Comparisons; 5. Joint Lines; 6. Regulation; 7. Business Strategies and their Effects; 8. Conclusions; Bibliography; Appendices; 1. Deposited Plans; 2. Notes on the Local and Personal Acts tabulated in Chapter 2; 3. Steiner Geometry; 4. The Counterfactual Network: Description of Routes; 5. Analysis of Hubs; 6. Excerpts from the Counterfactual Timetable

7. A Formal Model of Victorian Railway RegulationIndex; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 329-366) and index.

Description based on print version record.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

0-19-157041-9

9786612349164

1-282-34916-3

OCLC:

922969912