The European Cities and Technology Reader

The European Cities and Technology Reader

Author: David C. Goodman

Publisher: Psychology Press

Published: 1999

Total Pages: 328

ISBN-13: 9780415200820

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The European Cities and Technology Reader is divided into three main sections presenting key readings on: Cities of the Industrial Revolution (to 1870), European Cities since 1870 and the Urban Technology Transfer.


The Impact of Railways on Victorian Cities

The Impact of Railways on Victorian Cities

Author: John R. Kellett

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2007

Total Pages: 516

ISBN-13: 0415418135

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This study, based upon detailed case histories of London, Birmingham, Glasgow, Manchester and Liverpool, shows how the railways gave Victorian cities their compact shape, influenced topography and the character of their central districts.


The City and the Railway in the World from the Nineteenth Century to the Present

The City and the Railway in the World from the Nineteenth Century to the Present

Author: Ralf Roth

Publisher: Taylor & Francis

Published: 2022-07-18

Total Pages: 499

ISBN-13: 1000591220

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This volume explores the relationship between cities and railways over three centuries. Despite their nearly 200-year existence, The City and the Railway in the World shows that urban railways are still politically and historically important to the modern world. Since its inception, cities have played a significant role in the railway system; cities were among the main reasons for building such efficient but lavish and costly modes of transport for persons, goods, and information. They also influenced the technological appearance of railways as these have had to meet particular demands for transport in urban areas. In 25 essays, this volume demonstrates that the relationship between the city and the railway is one of the most publicly debated themes in the context of daily lives in growing urban settings, as well as in the second urbanisation of the global South with migration from rural to urban landscapes. The volume’s broad geographical range includes discussions of railway networks, railway stations, and urban rails in countries such as India, Japan, England, Belgium, Romania, Nigeria, the USA, and Mexico. The City and the Railway in the World will be a useful tool for scholars interested in the history of transport, travel, and urban change.


Railways and Victorian Cities

Railways and Victorian Cities

Author: John R. Kellett

Publisher: London ; Henley [Eng.] : Routledge & Kegan Paul ; Toronto ; Buffalo : University of Toronto Press

Published: 1979

Total Pages: 524

ISBN-13:

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The Victorian City

The Victorian City

Author: Harold James Dyos

Publisher: Psychology Press

Published: 1999

Total Pages: 714

ISBN-13: 9780415193238

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This volume traces the modern critical and performance history of this play, one of Shakespeare's most-loved and most-performed comedies. The essay focus on such modern concerns as feminism, deconstruction, textual theory, and queer theory.


The Victorian Railway

The Victorian Railway

Author: Jack Simmons

Publisher:

Published: 2009

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780500288108

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This title looks at every aspect of the railway in Victorian times - from the origins and initial construction to the spreading impact on the nation; from engineers and financiers to the effect on leisure and the environment.


Railways and the Western European Capitals

Railways and the Western European Capitals

Author: M. Nilsen

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2008-10-13

Total Pages: 279

ISBN-13: 0230615775

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This book looks at the effect of railways on London, Paris, Brussels, and Berlin, focusing on each city as a case study for one aspect of implantation.


The Impact of the Railway on Society in Britain

The Impact of the Railway on Society in Britain

Author: A. K. B. Evans

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2017-03-02

Total Pages: 348

ISBN-13: 1351887831

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Jack Simmons, perhaps more than any other single scholar, is responsible for the advancement of the academic study of transport history. As well as being a co-founder of the Journal of Transport History, he wrote extensively on a variety of transport-related topics and was instrumental in developing the London Transport and the National Railway museums. Whilst his death in September 2000 at the age of 85 was a sad loss to the world of transport history, the achievements of his life, celebrated in this festschrift, remain a lasting legacy to succeeding generations of scholars in many fields. Concentrating on the theme of the railways, and how they dramatically affected the development of Britain and her society, this collection touches on numerous issues first highlighted by Professor Simmons which are now central to academic study. These include the men who built the railways, those who financed the enterprise, how the railways affected such everyday issues as tourism, the arts, and politics, as well as the lasting legacy of the railways in a country now dominated by the private car. This volume written by former friends, students and colleagues of Professor Simmons reflects these interests, and provides a fitting tribute to one of the truly great British historians of the twentieth century.