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Language: en
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Type: BOOK - Published: 1993-02-26 - Publisher: Cambridge University Press
This 1993 book examines the road haulage trade in England when it depended on horses and wagons, chiefly through the letters and papers of one of the largest fi
Language: en
Pages: 104
Pages: 104
Type: BOOK - Published: 1995-09-28 - Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Most books about Britain's transport history have concentrated upon canals and railways. It is now clear that a great deal of traffic went by road even before t
Language: en
Pages: 374
Pages: 374
Type: BOOK - Published: 2015-04-09 - Publisher: Island Press
Cyclists were written out of highway history in the 1920s and 1930s by the all-powerful motor lobby:Roads Were Not Built For Cars tells the real story, putting
Language: en
Pages: 445
Pages: 445
Type: BOOK - Published: 2014-05-01 - Publisher: Penguin
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