Transport Pioneers Of The Twentieth Century
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Transport Pioneers Of The Twentieth Century
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Author : Sir Peter Allen
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1981
Transport Pioneers Of The Twentieth Century written by Sir Peter Allen and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1981 with Transportation categories.
Twentieth Century Transport
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Author : Mark LAMBERT
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1989
Twentieth Century Transport written by Mark LAMBERT and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1989 with categories.
The World S Railways
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Author : Christopher Chant
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2007
The World S Railways written by Christopher Chant and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007 with Railroad trains categories.
Covering the history and development of the world's rail transport, this text covers the early pioneers, locomotives, passenger trains, freight by rail, famous trains of the 20th century, rapid transit systems and the decline of steam, and high-speed trains.
Inventors Of Transportation Technology
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Author : Heather S. Morrison
language : en
Publisher: Cavendish Square Publishing, LLC
Release Date : 2015-07-15
Inventors Of Transportation Technology written by Heather S. Morrison and has been published by Cavendish Square Publishing, LLC this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-07-15 with Juvenile Nonfiction categories.
Today to many people driving a car is as essential as eating. Transportation has come a long way since its origins, but through the decades there have been significant advances in transportation technology. From the bicycle to the hybrid car, this book traces the most important transportation inventors and the inventions that made society what it is today.
The Harnessing Of Power
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Author : Maxwell Gordon Lay
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Release Date : 2018-07-27
The Harnessing Of Power written by Maxwell Gordon Lay and has been published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-07-27 with History categories.
This book examines how the 19th century’s transport legacy of bicycles, trains, ocean-going steamers, trucks, trams, buses and cars arose, creating numerous new technologies and markets. Nothing like this range of transport changes had occurred before, and the 20th century changes were incremental compared with those of the 19th century. The book explores where the key transport features came from, and why there were so many inventions, innovations, and inconsistencies. The Industrial Revolution was a key part of the process as it had strong links with transport developments. This text adopts a broad, global perspective, but has a strong British orientation, as the Industrial Revolution was a process predominantly initiated and implemented in Britain. Nevertheless, when the Revolution lost momentum, Britain began to lose its leadership. By century’s end, France and south-western Germany were dominant change-makers and the USA was appearing on the horizon. The book also highlights the many individual inventors and entrepreneurs who caused the dramatic transport changes, and notes that they did this predominantly through individual initiatives to satisfy personal, rather than corporate or national, goals and that they were often hindered, rather than aided, by officialdom.
A Great Honor
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Author : Alan S Boyd
language : en
Publisher: Artisan Island Press
Release Date : 2016-06
A Great Honor written by Alan S Boyd and has been published by Artisan Island Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-06 with categories.
A Great Honor is the extraordinary memoir of Alan S. Boyd and his remarkable journey across the twentieth century. From his Florida boyhood, bounced from one set of relatives to another by his mother to protect him from conflict with his stepfather, to flying paratroopers on D-Day, to being named by President Lyndon Johnson as the first secretary of the newly created Department of Transportation, Boyd was guided by an inner resilience and determination to meet the challenges of the future. Boyd is a great storyteller-and stories abound, from supplying Florida moonshiners with glass jugs to flying over the Champs-Élysees at treetop level to salute the thousands of Parisians celebrating Germany's surrender. His battles for the common good in both his public and private careers continue to touch our lives-from his labors to save the American railroad industry from its intransigent commitment to the past; to his leadership in revitalizing a near-moribund Amtrak through modernizing its fleet, its management, and its mission; to his championing automobile safety regulations over the fierce opposition of the auto industry, resulting in saving hundreds of thousands of lives. A Great Honor is the story of a man and a century of great change-and how both helped shape the other to the benefit of many.
The Politics Of Transport In Twentieth Century France
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Author : Joseph Jones
language : en
Publisher: McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
Release Date : 1984
The Politics Of Transport In Twentieth Century France written by Joseph Jones and has been published by McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1984 with Business & Economics categories.
Few aspects of economic development have had such a widespread or profound impact on the reshaping of contemporary France as transportation. As a result, transport policy has brought many of the major social forces into conflict. Monopolistic railway companies, closely aligned with the banks, combated the defenders of the regions and small towns. The fiercely independent truckers and barge-haulers, proponents of the small family firm, collided with the forces of the state. Apostles of the transatlantic gospel of free enterprise and technical progress clashed with supporters of a planned, socialist society.
The Canal Pioneers
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Author : Anthony Burton
language : en
Publisher: Pen and Sword
Release Date : 2017-04-19
The Canal Pioneers written by Anthony Burton and has been published by Pen and Sword this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-04-19 with Transportation categories.
This is the story of canals used for transport and the men who built them from the earliest times, up to the end of the ninteenth century. This is a very long history: stones for the pyramids of Egypt were brought to the site by canal and one of the most imposing canal systems ever built, the Grand Canal of China, was begun in the sixth century BC.Development after the end of the Roman Empire was slow, but saw the steady improvement of river navigations through locks the mitre gates were actually first designed by Leonardo da Vinci. The modern age of canals that cross summits began in France, and the most famous of these early waterways was the magnificent Canal du Midi, the brainchild of Pierre-Paul Riquet, completed in 1681. It was a visit to this canal, when he was a teenager on the Grand Tour, that inspired the Duke of Bridgewater to build his famous canal that inspired a rush of canal construction in Britain. Britains canals became the essential transport route that made the countrys industrial revolution possible, thanks to engineers such as James Brindley, William Jessop and Thomas Telford. It was a period of intensive construction that lasted for fifty years from 1760. It saw many innovations from the use of cast iron for bridges and aqueducts, to inclined planes and vertical lifts to move boats from one canal level to another. The nineteenth century also saw extensive canal systems developing in North America, such as the famous Erie Canal, and culminated in two great ship canals at Suez and Panama. The book tells an exciting story of canal development and the many men who made it possible.
Railways Of The Twentieth Century
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Author : Geoffrey Freeman Allen
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1990
Railways Of The Twentieth Century written by Geoffrey Freeman Allen and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1990 with High speed trains categories.
Sir Peter Hall Pioneer In Regional Planning Transport And Urban Geography
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Author : Richard D. Knowles
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 2016-02-09
Sir Peter Hall Pioneer In Regional Planning Transport And Urban Geography written by Richard D. Knowles and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-02-09 with Political Science categories.
This book sheds light on Sir Peter Hall’s visions and contributions as recalled by experts. Specialists from the fields of transport and geography testify to Sir Peter Hall’s enormous impact on urban planning, urban geography, and transport geography, and The IGU Commission on Transport and Geography together with the IGU Urban Commission would like to commemorate this. After an Introduction by Richard Knowles and Celine Rozenblat, Peter Taylor presents his high-level contribution "Polymath in City Studies," and Jonathan Reades presents Sir Peter Hall's views on "Location and Innovation." This is followed by "An Innovator of Enhancing Transport and Urban Development Relationships" by Chia-Lin Chen. Kathy Pain explains their common work on "The Mega City Regions," while Michael Batty recalls how they collaborated on "World Cities and Information Cities." Celine Rozenblat and Dan O’Donoghue welcome "The Visionary for World and European cities".