The impact of railways on Victorian cities /John Reginald Kellett
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TextPublisher number: International Book Distributors | ;Flat No.17,Prakash Apartments,5 Ansari Road,Daryaganj New Delhi-110002Series: Routledge library editions. The city. History of the cityPublication details: London : Routledge , 2007.Description: xxi, 466 pages ;24 cmISBN: - 9780415848909
- 385.0941 KEL
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1. Introduction and summaryPart One: 'Natural Growth' in Urban Railways
2. Did the Victorians count social costs?
3. Railway profits and the Victorian city
4. Municipal authority and the railway companiesPart Two: Case Histories
5. Birmingham
6. Manchester
7. Liverpool
8. Glasgow
9. London Part Three: The Impact of Railways on Victorian Cities
10. The railway as an agent of internal change in Victorian cities: the city center
11. The railway as an agent of internal change in Victorian cities: the inner city districts and the suburbs
12. Railways and land market
The arrival of the railway was one of the most far reaching events in the history of the Victorian city. This study, based upon case histories of Britain's five largest cities, shows how the railways gave Victorian cities their shape, influenced topography and character of their central districts, and determined the nature of suburban expansion.
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