ISBN10: 1849545006, ISBN13: 9781849545006, [publisher: Biteback Publishing] Softcover The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.
[Goring-By-Sea, WS, United Kingdom] [Publication Year: 2013]

ISBN10: 1849545006, ISBN13: 9781849545006, [publisher: Biteback] Hardcover Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. Foxing to the pages
[Rossendale, LANCS, United Kingdom] [Publication Year: 2013]
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Biteback Publishing 2013 Hardcover Fine During the course of the 1950s England lost confidence in its rulers and convinced itself to modernise. The bankrupt steam-powered railway, run by a retired general, symbolised everything that was wrong with the country; the future lay in motorways and high speed electric-or even atomic-express trains. But plans for a gleaming new railway system ended in failure and on the roads traffic ground to a halt. Along came Dr Beeching, forensically analysing the railways' problems and expertly delivering an expert's diagnosis-a third of the nation's railways must go. This was the point at which the reality of modernisation dawned and rural England fell victim to the road and car-at least that is how Dr Beeching is remembered today. Last Trains examines why and how the railway system contracted, exposing the political failures that bankrupted the railways and examining officials' attempts to understand a transport revolution beyond their control. It is a story of the increasing alienation of bureaucrats from the public they thought they were serving, but also of a nation that thinks it lives in the countryside trying to come to terms with modernity.

ISBN10: 1849545006, ISBN13: 9781849545006, [publisher: Biteback Publishing] Hardcover Book is in Used-VeryGood condition. Pages and cover are clean and intact. Used items may not include supplementary materials such as CDs or access codes. May show signs of minor shelf wear and contain very limited notes and highlighting. 1.19
[Hawthorne, CA, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 2013]

Biteback Publishing 2013 hardcover Good Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

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[liverpool, United Kingdom] [Publication Year: 2013]