Road Haulage by Motor in Britain
Road Haulage by Motor in Britain

Author: Thomas Gibson

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2018-02-05

Total Pages: 370

ISBN-13: 1351749501

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This title was first published in 2001. A general introduction to the study of motorised road haulage in Britain from its beginng up to the outbreak of the Second World War (1904-1940). Filling a gap in market, this is the first work to offer a broad survey into the subject, and is intended to stimulate further interest and debate.

Companion to British Road Haulage History
Companion to British Road Haulage History

Author: John Aldridge

Publisher: National Museum of Science and Industry

Published: 2003

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781900747462

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This encyclopaedic reference work is the first to address in depth the subject of road haulage in Britain. Whereas there is extensive literature on the development of passenger road transport during the twentieth century, little of substance has been published about the contribution of road haulage to Britain's economic progress. The book presents some 600 cross-referenced articles on the history of road freight transport in Britain in the twentieth century. The book covers business, economic, legal, administrative, technical and social aspects, from the very beginning of the motor vehicle era, through the slow transition from horse-drawn transport, to modern heavy lorries.

The Rise and Rise of Road Transport, 1700-1990
The Rise and Rise of Road Transport, 1700-1990

Author: Theodore Cardwell Barker

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 1995-09-28

Total Pages: 104

ISBN-13: 9780521557733

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Most books about Britain's transport history have concentrated upon canals and railways. It is now clear that a great deal of traffic went by road even before turnpikes, and that goods as well as passenger services were much more highly developed than used to be supposed. This book is an important survey of road transport over the past three centuries. The authors summarise the new evidence and arguments and explain why we need to take a longer view of the subject. They shed new light on the importance of horse-drawn freight in the eighteenth century before the introduction of turnpikes, offset the undue attention paid to the railways in the nineteenth century, and stress that motor transport's present great importance only dates from the 1950s. A full bibliography is provided for more extended study.