Road Haulage by Motor in Britain : The First Forty Years

by Gibson, Thomas

• ISBN13: 9780754603733
• ISBN10: 0754603733
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2001-10-01
• Publisher: Ashgate Pub Co

Summary

A general introduction to the study of motorised road haulage in Britain from its beginng up to the outbreak of the Second World War (1904-1940). Filling a gap in market, this is the first work to offer a broad survey into the subject, and is intended to stimulate further interest and debate.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	vi
List of Abbreviations	vii
Preface	viii
A Most important Improvement	1	(24)
To Fill a Great Void	25	(18)
The Coming Great Home Industry	43	(22)
Ways and Means	65	(12)
Wars and Rumours of Wars	77	(16)
Keeping the Home Wheels Turning	93	(22)
Framework of Expansion	115	(20)
Brave New World	135	(22)
The Roaring Twenties	157	(30)
The Coming of the Diesel	187	(13)
What to Do about it All	200	(19)
Reports and The Consequences	219	(16)
Binding Legislation	235	(22)
Wages and Charges	257	(23)
The End of the Beginning	280	(15)
Appendix I Selected Data from Commercial Motor Vehicle Specifications (1920)	295	(14)
Appendix II Summary of Haulage Firms listed in Roadway Goods Transport Guide, No.1, 1931 (Selected Cities)	309	(8)
Appendix III Selected Tables from 4th Annual Report of Licencing Authorities (1937-38)	317	(4)
Appendix IV Selected Data from Commercial Motor Cost Tables (1921-35)	321	(13)
Bibliography	334	(4)
Index	338