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028 _aInternational Book Distributors
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082 _a385.0941 KEL
100 _aJohn Reginald Kellett
245 _aThe impact of railways on Victorian cities
_c/John Reginald Kellett
260 _aLondon
_b: Routledge
_c, 2007.
300 _axxi, 466 pages
_c;24 cm.
365 _b3181
490 _aRoutledge library editions. The city. History of the city
505 _a1. 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
520 _aThe 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.
650 _a Commerce
655 _a Railroad transportation
_bRailroads -- Great Britain -- History.
700 _aJohn Reginald Kellett
942 _cBOOK
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