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Transport, Simon Ville
Transport, Simon Ville
Faculty of Commerce - Papers (Archive)
This chapter describes the process of transport growth and development in eighteenth- and nineteenth-century Britain, including its political, organisational and developmental impact. Transport systems (including communications) move people, goods and information. The large size and capital-intensive nature of transport operations caused unprecedented organisational challenges for companies. The identification of transport as a form of social overhead capital, supporting production across the economy, helps account for its broad-ranging impact on economic development. In this role transport contributed to the efficient allocation of resources over space, thereby promoting competition between producers, and providing information about alternative consumption possibilities to consumers.
British Transport History: Shifting Perspectives And New Agendas, Simon Ville
British Transport History: Shifting Perspectives And New Agendas, Simon Ville
Faculty of Commerce - Papers (Archive)
This chapter is a contribution to the festschrift of Derek Aldcroft, formerly Professor of Economic History at Leicester and Manchester. It offers a retrospective on his contribution to transport history and suggests new research agendas for the subject.