Impact of Railways on Victorian Cities

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Scholarly work. Structured in three parts [12 chapters] with introductory chapter. The parts are: Part 1] 'Natural growth in urban railways': 'Did the Victorians count social costs?'; 'Railway profits and the Victorian city'; 'Municipal authority and the railway companies'; Part 2] 'Case histories': Birmingham; Manchester; Liverpool; Glasgow; London - dealing in each case with property ownership pattern, competition between railway companies, development of railway facilities; Part 3] 'Impact of railways on Victorian cities': 'The railways as an agent of internal change in Victorian cities - the city centre'; 'The railways as an agent of internal change in Victorian cities - the inner districts and the suburbs'; 'Railways and the land market' having sections: 'Railway services and the social geography of the suburbs' / 'Underlying causes of railway policy' / 'Apportioning the increments in land values' / 'Demand and supply factors in the urban land market'