A History of Britain's Transport (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781036109561)

An accessible book to draw on popular interest in transport history, routes, vehicles and experiences. Transport history is social and industrial national history. Passengers and freight will be covered including all types of transport from walking and packhorses, that predominated for much of national history, both of which tend to be underrated, to changes brought by improvements to road transport from the Romans to medieval bridgebuilders and eighteenth-century turnpikes, and, in parallel, river, coastal and canal travel, again from the Romans to the eighteenth century. The story moves to the age of rail, motoring and lastly air. All forms overlap. as well as being sequential.

Author: Jeremy Black
ISBN-10: 1036109569
ISBN-13: 9781036109561
Publisher: Pen and Sword Transport
Language: English
Published: 01/30/2025
Pages: 224
Format: Hardcover