History of London Transport. Passenger travel and the development of the metropolis. Vol 1, The nineteenth century; Vol 2, The twentieth century to 1970

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Commissioned scholarly history in two volumes. Vol 1 has chapters: 'Origins of the omnibus'; 'The ascendancy of the omnibus and the first London railways'; 'The early years of the London General Omnibus Co'; 'The first climax - the coming of the underground railway'; 'The first climax - railways over the River and the extension of the Underground'; 'Horse tramways'; 'Late Victorian London - the railways'; 'Late Victorian London - the roads'; 'Labour'; 'The search for a new form of traction'. Vol 2 has chapters: 'Twentieth century background'; 'Beginnings of electric trams'; 'Electric traction underground'; 'Yerks and American investment'; 'Reaction from the London County Council and more electrification underground'; 'Hesitant beginnings of the motor bus'; 'The swing to collaboration - UERL and railways'; 'The swing to collaboration - omnibus, tramways and the creation of the combine'; 'The War, 1914-18'; 'The twenties - steps towards unification'; 'The buses, 1920-33'; 'The tramways, 1920-33'; 'The railways, 1920-33'; 'The country area to 1933'; 'Unification by statute'; 'The 1933 Act'; 'The London Passenger Transport Board'; Labour, 1900-47'; 'Motor cabs and River Thames services'