The World's First Railway System: Enterprise, Competition, and Regulation on the Railway Network in Victorian Britain
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The British railway network was a monument to Victorian private enterprise. Its masterpieces of civil engineering were emulated around the world. But its performance was controversial: praised for promoting a high density of lines, it was also criticised for wasteful duplication of routes. This is the first history of the British railway system written from a modern economic perspective. It uses conterfactual analysis to construct an alternaive...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0199213976
ISBN13:9780199213979
Release Date:November 2009
Publisher:Oxford University Press, USA
Length:558 Pages
Weight:2.35 lbs.
Dimensions:1.4" x 6.3" x 9.2"
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