THE CAPITALISATION OF BRITAIN'S RAILWAYS, 1830-1914. IN: RAILWAYS. VOLUME 1

This article re-examines the positions economic historians have taken recently on the timing, extent and reasons for the heavy capitalization of home railways in an attempt to resolve the inconsistencies in argument and interpretation that exist currently, and to settle also some unresolved issues concerning the business judgement of the industry's management after 1870.

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• Supplemental Notes:
  • Originally published in the Journal of Transport History, 3rd series, Vol. 5, no. 1 (1984), pp 1-24.
• Corporate Authors:

  Ashgate Publishing Company

  110 Cherry Street, Suite 3-1
  Burlington, VT  United States  05401-3818
• Authors:
  • Irwing, R J
• Publication Date: 1996

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Appendices; References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 77-100
• Serial:
  • Studies in Transport History
  • Publisher: Ashgate Publishing Company

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Business administration; Capital investments; Capital productivity; Dispersion (Statistics); Railroads
• Geographic Terms: United Kingdom
• Subject Areas: Economics; History; Railroads;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00794316
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 1859283004
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jun 19 2000 12:00AM