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Ernest Marples
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Author : David Brandon
language : en
Publisher: Pen and Sword Transport
Release Date : 2022-01-12
Ernest Marples written by David Brandon and has been published by Pen and Sword Transport this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-01-12 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
This biography examines the life and career of the conservative politician who led the charge to reshape British Railways in the mid-twentieth century. Ernest Marples was one of the most influential and controversial British politicians of the mid-twentieth century. As the Minister of Transport (1959–1964) he appointed Dr. Beeching chairman of British Railways and commissioned him to produce his infamous “Beeching Report”. Earlier, as Postmaster General (1957–1959), he reformed Post Office accounting systems and launched postcodes and Subscriber Trunk Dialing. Though Marples evaded implicated in the Profumo Affair which rocked the Conservative Party, his political career was over soon afterwards. Questionable business practices, and a 1975 flight to Monaco, drew scrutiny from Inland Revenue. Beeching, unhappy under a Labour government, returned to private industry. This biography of Marples draws on newly-available archives to examine Marples’s career as well as public and private transport policy, the growing power of the pro-road lobby, and the successful campaign to identify personal freedom with driving.
Innovation And Revival
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Author : Ernest Marples
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1967
Innovation And Revival written by Ernest Marples and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1967 with Great Britain categories.
The Motorway Achievement
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Author : Peter Baldwin
language : en
Publisher: Thomas Telford
Release Date : 2002
The Motorway Achievement written by Peter Baldwin and has been published by Thomas Telford this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002 with Express highways categories.
This volume provides a set of contrasting first hand accounts of the creation of the motorway system, the problems encountered, the solutions adopted and the lessons learned for future motorway development.
Visions Of A Digital Nation
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Author : Jacob Ward
language : en
Publisher: MIT Press
Release Date : 2024-02-06
Visions Of A Digital Nation written by Jacob Ward and has been published by MIT Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2024-02-06 with Technology & Engineering categories.
Why the privatization of British Telecom signaled a pivotal moment in the rise of neoliberalism, and how it was shaped by the longer development and digitalization of Britain’s telecommunications infrastructure. When Margaret Thatcher sold British Telecom for £3.6 billion in 1984, it became not only, at the time, the largest stock flotation in history, but also a watershed moment in the rise of neoliberalism and deregulation. In Visions of a Digital Nation, Jacob Ward offers an incisive interdisciplinary perspective on how technology prefigured this pivot. Giving due consideration to the politicians, engineers, and managers who paved the way for this historic moment, Ward illustrates how the decision validated the privatization of public utilities and tied digital technology to free market rationales. In this examination of the national and, at times, global history of technology, Ward’s approach is sweeping. Utilizing infrastructure studies, environmental history, and urban and local history, Ward explores Britain’s nationalist and welfarist plans for a digital information utility and shows how these projects contested and adapted to the “market turn” under Margaret Thatcher. Ultimately, Visions of a Digital Nation compellingly argues that politicians did not impose neoliberalism top-down, but that technology, engineers, and managers shaped these politics from the bottom up.
Driving Spaces
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Author : Peter Merriman
language : en
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Release Date : 2011-07-22
Driving Spaces written by Peter Merriman and has been published by John Wiley & Sons this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-07-22 with Science categories.
Peter Merriman traces the social and cultural histories and geographies of driving spaces through an examination of the design, construction and use of England’s M1 motorway in the 1950s and 1960s. A first-of-its-kind academic study examining the production and consumption of the landscapes and spaces of a British motorway An interdisciplinary approach, engaging with theoretical and empirical work from sociology, history, cultural studies, anthropology and geography Contains 38 high quality illustrations Based on extensive, original archive work
Mud Sweat And Gears
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Author : Ellie Bennett
language : en
Publisher: Hachette UK
Release Date : 2012-03-05
Mud Sweat And Gears written by Ellie Bennett and has been published by Hachette UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-03-05 with Cooking categories.
As Ellie’s fiftieth birthday approaches, her ambitions of a steady income, a successful career and an ascent of Everest seem as far away as ever. So when her best friend Mick suggests a cycle from Land’s End to John o’Groats, she agrees. But as they sample local beer along the way, she wonders if they’ll ever make it to the finish line...
From Dynasties To Dotcoms
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Author : Carol Kennedy
language : en
Publisher: Kogan Page Publishers
Release Date : 2003
From Dynasties To Dotcoms written by Carol Kennedy and has been published by Kogan Page Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003 with Business & Economics categories.
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Policy Management British Civil Servic
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Author : Geoffrey K. Fry
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2014-09-25
Policy Management British Civil Servic written by Geoffrey K. Fry and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-09-25 with Political Science categories.
A detailed study of the changes which have taken place in the British Civil Service since 1979. It is intended for political and policy scientists, and sociologists.
The Great Central Railway
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Author : John Palmer
language : en
Publisher: Pen and Sword Transport
Release Date : 2021-01-30
The Great Central Railway written by John Palmer and has been published by Pen and Sword Transport this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-01-30 with Transportation categories.
“Sets out to address what really happened . . . through its LNER days and into British Railways custodianship . . . A well-researched and presented tome.” —Key Model World For generations of railway enthusiasts and more lately for social historians, the life and times of the former Great Central Railway and in particular its extension towards London in the 1890s and closure seventy years later, have generated considerable interest and controversy. Although many books have been written about the Railway, the majority in recent times have concentrated upon providing a photographic record and a nostalgic look in retrospect to what was generally perceived as happier times for the route. None of the books have presented the outcome from thorough research into the business aspects of the Railway and its successive private (LNER) and public (BR) ownerships through war and peace, and times of industrial, social and political change, that influenced and shaped the demand for a railway service. While retaining a strong railway theme throughout, the book identifies the role played by successive governments, the electricity and coal industries and the effect of social change that, together resulted in a case for closure. The content of the book replaces much supposition with fact and places on record what really happened. The final part of the book acknowledges the fine work over half a century of volunteers dedicated to saving a section of the line in Leicestershire. “A valuable addition to the social and political history of railways.” —The Railway Correspondence and Travel Society
Eleven Minutes Late
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Author : Matthew Engel
language : en
Publisher: Pan Macmillan
Release Date : 2010-02-05
Eleven Minutes Late written by Matthew Engel and has been published by Pan Macmillan this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-02-05 with Travel categories.
Britain gave railways to the world, yet its own network is the dearest (definitely) and the worst (probably) in Western Europe. Trains are deeply embedded in the national psyche and folklore - yet it is considered uncool to care about them. For Matthew Engel the railway system is the ultimate expression of Britishness. It represents all the nation's ingenuity, incompetence, nostalgia, corruption, humour, capacity for suffering and even sexual repression. To uncover its mysteries, Engel has travelled the system from Penzance to Thurso, exploring its history and talking to people from politicians to platform staff. Along the way Engel ('half-John Betjeman, half-Victor Meldrew') finds the most charmingly bizarre train in Britain, the most beautiful branch line, the rudest railwayman, and - after a quest lasting decades - an Individual Pot of Strawberry Jam. Eleven Minutes Late is both a polemic and a paean, and it is also very funny.
