The Origins of Railway Enterprise

The Origins of Railway Enterprise
Author: Maurice W. Kirby
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 244
Release: 2002-07-04
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9780521892803

This book argues for the significance of the Stockton and Darlington Railway in Britain's industrialisation.

The Origins of the Scottish Railway System

The Origins of the Scottish Railway System
Author: C.J.A. Robertson
Publisher: Birlinn Ltd
Total Pages: 385
Release: 2003-11-24
Genre: History
ISBN: 1788853415

By comparison with their English counterparts, Scottish nineteenth-century railways have suffered from a degree of neglect by economic historians. Most of the existing literature is written for the railway enthusiast, concentrating mainly on topography, mechanical developments and entertaining episodes. Few of these books cover the whole of Scotland and most are treatments of single companies or of particular dramatic events. This study covers the earliest period of Scottish railway history, from the years of the first waggonway developments in the eighteenth century to the advent of the railway mania of the 1840s. It concentrates on the planning and formation of the various railways, the problems and achievements associated with their construction, and the financial records of the companies up to 1844. The first two chapters cover the horse-drawn waggonways of the eighteenth century and the coal railways of the early nineteenth century, while Chapters 3–5 cover the railways of the 1830s and 1840s.

Industrial Clusters and Regional Business Networks in England, 1750-1970

Industrial Clusters and Regional Business Networks in England, 1750-1970
Author: John F Wilson
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 302
Release: 2017-07-05
Genre: History
ISBN: 1351927795

Although economists have long recognised industrial districts as one of the key features of many economies, it is only recently that attention has been focused on the region as an effective means of generating accurate insights into the larger picture of economic performance. This renewed interest in regional issues has also placed at centre stage the role played by networks as a principal organisational feature of the local business community, providing scholars with a rich topic for investigation and debate. Recent work has shown that universal generalisations concerning the impact of networking on the performance of industrial clusters lack credibility, highlighting the consequent need to compare the role played by business networks in a variety of regions. Using a copious range of research material examining several British regions, this volume poses a series of fundamental questions about the nature of industrial clusters and networks. Particular attention is paid to identifying the basic characteristics of a network, outlining how they evolved in key industrial clusters, and assessing their impact on industrial performance, both regionally and nationally. The durability of such networks is another key thread that runs through the essays, prompting comparison with industrial clusters in Britain and abroad. These are issues which stimulate discussion on a wide range of factors within the disciplines of business, economic and social history.

Early American Railroads

Early American Railroads
Author: Franz Anton Ritter von Gerstner
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Total Pages: 908
Release: 1997
Genre: Transportation
ISBN: 9780804724234

The first English translation of the most comprehensive and detailed work on the development, construction, finance, and operation of early American railroads and canals.

Our Railways

Our Railways
Author: John Pendleton
Publisher:
Total Pages: 612
Release: 1894
Genre: Railroads
ISBN:

The Origins of Modern Financial Crime

The Origins of Modern Financial Crime
Author: Sarah Wilson
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 259
Release: 2014-06-05
Genre: Law
ISBN: 1136237720

The recent global financial crisis has been characterised as a turning point in the way we respond to financial crime. Focusing on this change and ‘crime in the commercial sphere’, this text considers the legal and economic dimensions of financial crime and its significance in societal consciousness in twenty-first century Britain. Considering how strongly criminal enforcement specifically features in identifying the post-crisis years as a ‘turning point’, it argues that nineteenth-century encounters with financial crime were transformative for contemporary British societal perceptions of ‘crime’ and its perpetrators, and have lasting resonance for legal responses and societal reactions today. The analysis in this text focuses primarily on how Victorian society perceived and responded to crime and its perpetrators, with its reactions to financial crime specifically couched within this. It is proposed that examining how financial misconduct became recognised as crime during Victorian times makes this an important contribution to nineteenth-century history. Beyond this, the analysis underlines that a historical perspective is essential for comprehending current issues raised by the ‘fight’ against financial crime, represented and analysed in law and criminology as matters of enormous intellectual and practical significance, even helping to illuminate the benefits and potential pitfalls which can be encountered in current moves for extending the reach of criminal liability for financial misconduct. Sarah Wilson’s text on this highly topical issue will be essential reading for criminologists, legal scholars and historians alike. It will also be of great interest to the general reader. The Origins of Modern Financial Crime was short-listed for the Wadsworth Prize 2015.

The Coming of the Railway

The Coming of the Railway
Author: David Gwyn
Publisher: Yale University Press
Total Pages: 432
Release: 2023-05-23
Genre: Transportation
ISBN: 030027145X

The first global history of the epic early days of the iron railway Railways, in simple wooden or stone form, have existed since prehistory. But from the 1750s onward the introduction of iron rails led to a dramatic technological evolution—one that would truly change the world. In this rich new history, David Gwyn tells the neglected story of the early iron railway from a global perspective. Driven by a combination of ruthless enterprise, brilliant experimenters, and international cooperation, railway construction began to expand across the world with astonishing rapidity. From Britain to Australia, Russia to America, railways would bind together cities, nations, and entire continents. Rail was a tool of industry and empire as well as, eventually, passenger transport, and developments in technology occurred at breakneck speed—even if the first locomotive in America could muster only 6 mph. The Coming of the Railway explores these fascinating developments, documenting the early railway’s outsize social, political, and economic impact—carving out the shape of the global economy as we know it today.