History Of Britain's Transport

An accessible book to draw on popular interest in transport history, routes, vehicles and experiences. Transport history is social and industrial national history. Passengers and freight will be covered inclExplore the evolution of transport and its profound impact on society and industry in this accessible and engaging book. From walking and packhorses - essential yet often overlooked - to Roman roads, medieval bridges, and eighteenth-century turnpikes, uncover the innovations that shaped how we travel and trade. Delve into the history of river, coastal, and canal travel that connected communities before the transformative ages of rail, motoring, and aviation. With all forms of transport overlapping and influencing one another, this book weaves a compelling narrative of progress and change. Perfect for history enthusiasts and transport buffs, this is a fascinating journey through the movement of people and goods that built the world we know today.uding all types of transport from walking and packhorses, that predominated for much of national history, both of which tend to be underrated, to changes brought by improvements to road transport from the Romans to medieval bridgebuilders and eighteenth-century turnpikes, and, in parallel, river, coastal and canal travel, again from the Romans to the eighteenth century. The story moves to the age of rail, motoring and lastly air. All forms overlap. as well as being sequential. AUTHOR: Jeremy Black has been described as 'the most prolific historical scholar of our age'. He has researched and written widely on British history, politics, including political ideas, and international relations, from the 17th and 18th century to the present, and especially on military history. He obtained a starred First in History at Queens College, Cambridge followed by postgraduate work at St John's and Merton Colleges, Oxford and was Professor of History at the Universities of Durham and then Exeter, and is now Emeritus Professor of History at Exeter University. He is senior fellow at the Center for the Study of America and the West at the Foreign Policy Research Institute in Philadelphia and at the British Foreign Policy Group. He is a ?non resident senior fellow in the national security program. He has lectured extensively in various British Commonwealth countries, Europe and the USA. He has served as editor of Archives, Council member of prestigious academic and research bodies including the Royal Historical Society, the British Record Society, and the List and Index Society, and on the editorial boards of journals including History Today, RUSI Journal, International Review of Military History and Media History. He has numerous honours including the MBE. From 2024 Jeremy has been Distinguished Fellow in the Center for Military History and Strategy at Hillsdale College.