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The Impact of the Railway on Society in Britain
Jack Simmons
其他書名
Essays in Honour of Jack Simmons
出版
Ashgate
, 2003
主題
Business & Economics / Industries / Transportation
History / General
History / Europe / Great Britain / General
History / Modern / General
History / Social History
Social Science / Sociology / General
Transportation / Railroads / General
Transportation / Railroads / History
ISBN
0754609499
9780754609490
URL
http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=TjNPAAAAMAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
註釋
Jack Simmons, perhaps more than any other single scholar, is responsible for the advancement of the academic study of transport history. As well as being a co-founder of the Journal of Transport History, he wrote extensively on a variety of transport-related topics and was instrumental in developing the London Transport and the National Railway museums. Whilst his death in September 2000 at the age of 85 was a sad loss to the world of transport history, the achievements of his life, celebrated in this festschrift, remain a lasting legacy to succeeding generations of scholars in many fields. Concentrating on the theme of the railways, and how they dramatically affected the development of Britain and her society, this collection touches on numerous issues first highlighted by Professor Simmons which are now central to academic study. These include the men who built the railways, those who financed the enterprise, how the railways affected such everyday issues as tourism, the arts, and politics, as well as the lasting legacy of the railways in a country now dominated by the private car. This volume written by former friends, students and colleagues of Professor Simmons reflects these interests, and provides a fitting tribute to one of the truly great British historians of the twentieth century.