Government and the Railways in Nineteenth-Century Britain
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Plates -- Preface / Parris, Henry -- Conventions and Abbreviations Used in the Text -- 1. The Need for Government Action -- 2. The Early Years of the Railway Department, 1840-1844 -- 3. The Railway Board and Its Aftermath, 1844-1846 -- 4. The Commissioners of Railways, 1846-1851 -- 5. The Railway Department, 1851-1867 -- 6. Relations with the Companies -- 7. Railways in the Theory of Government -- Epilogue: 1868-1914 -- Appendix A. Presidents and Vice-Presidents of the Board of Trade, 1840-1867 -- Appendix B. The Commissioners of Railways -- Appendix C. Higher Civil Servants with Responsibility for Regulation of Railways 1840-1867 -- Bibliography -- Index