{"product_id":"a-history-of-the-english-railway-its-social-relations-and-revelations-1820-1845-9780715342381","title":"A History of the English Railway, Its Social Relations and Revelations, 1820-1845","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis substantial book was first published in 1851 and was the first comprehensive non-specialist study of the English railway system. The experimental stage in railway progress was over, the so-called Railway Mania past, George Hudson the 'Railway King' had fallen, and trains were serving the everyday needs of the community in many rural as well as urban areas. Francis tells how the system came to be planned and developed, with descriptions of the main lines and biographical notes on their builders; he deals with the tiresome questions of gauge, Sunday travel, the treatment of third-class passengers. indeed it is difficult to name any aspect of railways ignored by him.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMuch serious historical research has been done since Francis's day, but as C. R. Clinker, the British railway historian, points out in an introduction to this new impression over 100 years later, 'there is very little that needs amendment; such errors as may be noticed are trivial'.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe original two volumes are here published as one.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHardback with dust jacket, 14x22cm, 588 pages, black \u0026amp; white photographs\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCondition: Good\/Very Good with some foxing to edges of book\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"David \u0026 Charles","offers":[{"title":"Secondhand (285)","offer_id":58117478580607,"sku":"9780715342381","price":18.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1910\/7111\/files\/9780715342381.jpg?v=1786203018","url":"https:\/\/rail-books.co.uk\/products\/a-history-of-the-english-railway-its-social-relations-and-revelations-1820-1845-9780715342381","provider":"Rail Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}