'From Shillibeer to Buchanan. Transport and the urban environment' in M Daunton (ed), Cambridge Urban History of Britain. Volume 3, 1840-1950
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- Author(s) Armstrong, John
- Publication type Chapter
- Year published 2000
- Pages pp229-60
- Publisher Cambridge University Press
- Place Published Cambridge
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- Name British Library
- City London
- County Greater London
- Country England
- Postcode NW1 2DB
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Notes:
'Looks at interaction between changes in methods of transport and growth of the urban environment. Adopts a functional approach explaining in what ways developments in transport enabled towns and cities to grow in size, scale and function. Also considers transport as a network of which cities were the nodal points. Finally it examines growth of transport facilities as specific loci within the city'