Excerpt from National Railways: An Argument for State Purchase
What, asks Mr. Watherston, would be said to the proposal of private companies offering to embank the rivers Thames, Mersey, and Humber, and to levy heavy tolls at their own discretion on all the shipping passing up and down these water highways?
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Paperback. Zustand: New. Print on Demand. Railways and the State provides an international study of the development of passenger and freight railway transportation and how societal, cultural, and economic factors shaped their implementation in the United States, Britain, Canada, and the colonies of Australia, New Zealand, and India. A comprehensive analysis of the role of government in relation to the development of railway systems, this book explores the essential role that state action played in their growth. The author advocates for viewing state ownership of railways not merely as a stopgap, but as an enduring solution which can continue to provide for the public good. This book is a reproduction of an important historical work, digitally reconstructed using state-of-the-art technology to preserve the original format. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in the book. print-on-demand item. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 9781330516294_0
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