Table of Contents

Illustrations; Preface; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 Inland Navigation; 2 Coastal Shipping; 3 Road Transport before the Car; 4 The Growth of the Railways; 5 British Railways, 1914-1945; 6 Motor Transport; 7 Urban Transport; 8 Nationalisation; 9 Technology and Transport; 10 Air Transport; 11 Privatisation; 12 The Decline of Public Transport. 13 Problems and Possibilities; Notes; Bibliography; Index.

About the Author

Philip Bagwell is Emeritus Professor of History, University of Westminster. Peter Lyth is Lecturer in History at the University of Tel Aviv.