LEADER 02582nam 2200385 450 001 9910793189803321 005 20230814223732.0 010 $a1-5275-1549-4 035 $a(CKB)4100000005599194 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC5477569 035 $a(EXLCZ)994100000005599194 100 $a20180915d2018 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 14$aThe harnessing of power $ehow 19th century transport innovators transformed the way the world operates /$fby Maxwell Gordon Lay 210 1$aNewcastle upon Tyne, UK :$cCambridge Scholars Publishing,$d2018. 215 $a1 online resource (xiv, 371 pages) $cillustrations, maps 311 $a1-5275-1095-6 330 $aThis book examines how the 19th century's transport legacy of bicycles, trains, ocean-going steamers, trucks, trams, buses and cars arose, creating numerous new technologies and markets. Nothing like this range of transport changes had occurred before, and the 20th century changes were incremental compared with those of the 19th century. The book explores where the key transport features came from, and why there were so many inventions, innovations, and inconsistencies. The Industrial Revolution was a key part of the process as it had strong links with transport developments. This text adopts a broad, global perspective, but has a strong British orientation, as the Industrial Revolution was a process predominantly initiated and implemented in Britain. Nevertheless, when the Revolution lost momentum, Britain began to lose its leadership. By century's end, France and south-western Germany were dominant change-makers and the USA was appearing on the horizon. The book also highlights the many individual inventors and entrepreneurs who caused the dramatic transport changes, and notes that they did this predominantly through individual initiatives to satisfy personal, rather than corporate or national, goals and that they were often hindered, rather than aided, by officialdom.--Page 4 of cover. 606 $aTransportation$xHistory$y19th century 606 $aTransportation$xTechnological innovations$xHistory$y19th century 615 0$aTransportation$xHistory 615 0$aTransportation$xTechnological innovations$xHistory 676 $a388.09 700 $aLay$b Maxwell Gordon$01513908 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910793189803321 996 $aThe harnessing of power$93748633 997 $aUNINA