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The transportation experience / / William L. Garrison and David M. Levinson
| The transportation experience / / William L. Garrison and David M. Levinson |
| Autore | Garrison William L. <1924-> |
| Edizione | [Second edition.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 2014 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (634 p.) |
| Disciplina | 388.0973 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | LevinsonDavid M. <1967-> |
| Soggetto topico |
Transportation and state - United States - History
Transportation and state - Great Britain - History |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
0-19-939583-7
0-19-938952-7 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Cover; The Transportation Experience; Copyright; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; 1 Wave One: 1790-1851; 1 Rivers of Steam; 1.1 Steam Boats and Stream Boats; 1.2 The Steam Engine; 1.3 Bridgewater; 1.4 Erie and Emulation: Canals in the United States; 1.5 France in America: The US Army Corps of Engineers; 1.5.1 OHIO-MISSISSIPPI RIVER SYSTEM; 1.5.2 KENTUCKY RIVER; 1.5.3 TENN-TOM; 1.6 Discussion; 2 Design by Design: The Birth of the Railway; 2.1 Plateways to Railways; 2.2 Profile: Richard Trevithick; 2.3 Profile: George Stephenson; 2.4 Stretching the State of the Art
2.5 Design by Design2.6 Defining the Railway; 2.7 Discussion; 3 Incentivizing Investment: Roads through the Turnpike Era; 3.1 Steam Cars; 3.2 From Trails to Roads; 3.3 The Corvée; 3.3.1 THE CORVÉE IN ENGLAND; 3.3.2 THE HEART OF MIDLOTHIAN; 3.3.3 THE CORVÉE IN FRANCE; 3.3.4 THE BEGAR IN SOUTH ASIA; 3.3.5 THE CORVÉE IN JAPAN; 3.4 Profile: John Loudon McAdam; 3.5 Profile: Thomas Telford; 3.6 Stagecoach; 3.7 Turnpike Trusts; 3.8 Turnpike Companies; 3.9 Plank Roads; 3.10 Mail and the Gospel of Speed; 3.11 Fin de Siècle; 3.12 Discussion; 2 Phase I of the Life-cycle; 4 Inventing and Innovating 4.1 There Are Multiple Models for Innovation and Invention4.2 Essential Knowledge May Follow Innovation; 4.3 Technology Progresses with Building Blocks; 4.4 Patents May Constrain Innovation; 4.5 Innovation Requires an Adequate Design Serving the Right Market Niche; 4.6 Policies May Be Forged to Aid Infant Industries; 4.7 The Potential for Improvements as the Predominant Technology Emerges Is Critical; 4.8 An Innovation Has to Be Consistent with Market (Client) Values; 4.9 For a System to Work, All Components Have to Function Appropriately; 4.10 Innovative People Abound 4.11 Innovations Must Finesse Existing Constraints4.12 Innovative People Cooperate; 4.13 Excuses for Inaction Abound; 4.14 Innovation Can Be Innovated; 4.15 Transportation Development Is Chancy; 3 Wave Two: 1844-1896; 5 The Modern Maritime Modes Emerge; 5.1 Beginnings; 5.2 Trading Companies; 5.3 A Port in a Storm; 5.4 Cargo Ships; 5.5 Ocean Liners; 5.6 The SS Great Eastern; 5.7 Profile: Marc and Isambard Kingdom Brunel; 6 Railroads Deployed: Learning from Experience; 6.1 Trials and Errors; 6.2 Emulation; 6.3 Learning about Networks: The Legrand Star Plan; 6.4 Learning about Technology 6.5 Learning about Passenger Service Standards6.6 Learning about Freight Rate-Making; 6.7 Learning about Embedded Policies: The Org Chart; 6.8 Learning about Rules: The Code of Operations; 6.9 Learning about Time: The Rise of the Time Zone; 6.10 Learning about Traveler Information; 6.11 Learning about Right-of-Way: The Conflict between Land for Access and Land for Activity; 6.12 Learning about Alliances; 6.13 Profile: Cornelius Vanderbilt; 6.14 Learning about Finance: The Erie War; 6.15 Comments by Social Critics; 7 Good Roads, Bicycle Mechanics, and Horseless Carriages 7.1 Bicycles as Building Blocks |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910453443503321 |
Garrison William L. <1924->
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| New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 2014 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The transportation experience / / William L. Garrison and David M. Levinson
| The transportation experience / / William L. Garrison and David M. Levinson |
| Autore | Garrison William L. <1924-> |
| Edizione | [Second edition.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 2014 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (634 p.) |
| Disciplina | 388.0973 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | LevinsonDavid M. <1967-> |
| Soggetto topico |
Transportation and state - United States - History
Transportation and state - Great Britain - History |
| ISBN |
0-19-939583-7
0-19-938952-7 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Cover; The Transportation Experience; Copyright; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; 1 Wave One: 1790-1851; 1 Rivers of Steam; 1.1 Steam Boats and Stream Boats; 1.2 The Steam Engine; 1.3 Bridgewater; 1.4 Erie and Emulation: Canals in the United States; 1.5 France in America: The US Army Corps of Engineers; 1.5.1 OHIO-MISSISSIPPI RIVER SYSTEM; 1.5.2 KENTUCKY RIVER; 1.5.3 TENN-TOM; 1.6 Discussion; 2 Design by Design: The Birth of the Railway; 2.1 Plateways to Railways; 2.2 Profile: Richard Trevithick; 2.3 Profile: George Stephenson; 2.4 Stretching the State of the Art
2.5 Design by Design2.6 Defining the Railway; 2.7 Discussion; 3 Incentivizing Investment: Roads through the Turnpike Era; 3.1 Steam Cars; 3.2 From Trails to Roads; 3.3 The Corvée; 3.3.1 THE CORVÉE IN ENGLAND; 3.3.2 THE HEART OF MIDLOTHIAN; 3.3.3 THE CORVÉE IN FRANCE; 3.3.4 THE BEGAR IN SOUTH ASIA; 3.3.5 THE CORVÉE IN JAPAN; 3.4 Profile: John Loudon McAdam; 3.5 Profile: Thomas Telford; 3.6 Stagecoach; 3.7 Turnpike Trusts; 3.8 Turnpike Companies; 3.9 Plank Roads; 3.10 Mail and the Gospel of Speed; 3.11 Fin de Siècle; 3.12 Discussion; 2 Phase I of the Life-cycle; 4 Inventing and Innovating 4.1 There Are Multiple Models for Innovation and Invention4.2 Essential Knowledge May Follow Innovation; 4.3 Technology Progresses with Building Blocks; 4.4 Patents May Constrain Innovation; 4.5 Innovation Requires an Adequate Design Serving the Right Market Niche; 4.6 Policies May Be Forged to Aid Infant Industries; 4.7 The Potential for Improvements as the Predominant Technology Emerges Is Critical; 4.8 An Innovation Has to Be Consistent with Market (Client) Values; 4.9 For a System to Work, All Components Have to Function Appropriately; 4.10 Innovative People Abound 4.11 Innovations Must Finesse Existing Constraints4.12 Innovative People Cooperate; 4.13 Excuses for Inaction Abound; 4.14 Innovation Can Be Innovated; 4.15 Transportation Development Is Chancy; 3 Wave Two: 1844-1896; 5 The Modern Maritime Modes Emerge; 5.1 Beginnings; 5.2 Trading Companies; 5.3 A Port in a Storm; 5.4 Cargo Ships; 5.5 Ocean Liners; 5.6 The SS Great Eastern; 5.7 Profile: Marc and Isambard Kingdom Brunel; 6 Railroads Deployed: Learning from Experience; 6.1 Trials and Errors; 6.2 Emulation; 6.3 Learning about Networks: The Legrand Star Plan; 6.4 Learning about Technology 6.5 Learning about Passenger Service Standards6.6 Learning about Freight Rate-Making; 6.7 Learning about Embedded Policies: The Org Chart; 6.8 Learning about Rules: The Code of Operations; 6.9 Learning about Time: The Rise of the Time Zone; 6.10 Learning about Traveler Information; 6.11 Learning about Right-of-Way: The Conflict between Land for Access and Land for Activity; 6.12 Learning about Alliances; 6.13 Profile: Cornelius Vanderbilt; 6.14 Learning about Finance: The Erie War; 6.15 Comments by Social Critics; 7 Good Roads, Bicycle Mechanics, and Horseless Carriages 7.1 Bicycles as Building Blocks |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910790711903321 |
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Garrison William L. <1924->
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||
| New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 2014 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
| ||
The transportation experience / / William L. Garrison and David M. Levinson
| The transportation experience / / William L. Garrison and David M. Levinson |
| Autore | Garrison William L. <1924-> |
| Edizione | [Second edition.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 2014 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (634 p.) |
| Disciplina | 388.0973 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | LevinsonDavid M. <1967-> |
| Soggetto topico |
Transportation and state - United States - History
Transportation and state - Great Britain - History |
| ISBN |
0-19-939583-7
0-19-938952-7 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Cover; The Transportation Experience; Copyright; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; 1 Wave One: 1790-1851; 1 Rivers of Steam; 1.1 Steam Boats and Stream Boats; 1.2 The Steam Engine; 1.3 Bridgewater; 1.4 Erie and Emulation: Canals in the United States; 1.5 France in America: The US Army Corps of Engineers; 1.5.1 OHIO-MISSISSIPPI RIVER SYSTEM; 1.5.2 KENTUCKY RIVER; 1.5.3 TENN-TOM; 1.6 Discussion; 2 Design by Design: The Birth of the Railway; 2.1 Plateways to Railways; 2.2 Profile: Richard Trevithick; 2.3 Profile: George Stephenson; 2.4 Stretching the State of the Art
2.5 Design by Design2.6 Defining the Railway; 2.7 Discussion; 3 Incentivizing Investment: Roads through the Turnpike Era; 3.1 Steam Cars; 3.2 From Trails to Roads; 3.3 The Corvée; 3.3.1 THE CORVÉE IN ENGLAND; 3.3.2 THE HEART OF MIDLOTHIAN; 3.3.3 THE CORVÉE IN FRANCE; 3.3.4 THE BEGAR IN SOUTH ASIA; 3.3.5 THE CORVÉE IN JAPAN; 3.4 Profile: John Loudon McAdam; 3.5 Profile: Thomas Telford; 3.6 Stagecoach; 3.7 Turnpike Trusts; 3.8 Turnpike Companies; 3.9 Plank Roads; 3.10 Mail and the Gospel of Speed; 3.11 Fin de Siècle; 3.12 Discussion; 2 Phase I of the Life-cycle; 4 Inventing and Innovating 4.1 There Are Multiple Models for Innovation and Invention4.2 Essential Knowledge May Follow Innovation; 4.3 Technology Progresses with Building Blocks; 4.4 Patents May Constrain Innovation; 4.5 Innovation Requires an Adequate Design Serving the Right Market Niche; 4.6 Policies May Be Forged to Aid Infant Industries; 4.7 The Potential for Improvements as the Predominant Technology Emerges Is Critical; 4.8 An Innovation Has to Be Consistent with Market (Client) Values; 4.9 For a System to Work, All Components Have to Function Appropriately; 4.10 Innovative People Abound 4.11 Innovations Must Finesse Existing Constraints4.12 Innovative People Cooperate; 4.13 Excuses for Inaction Abound; 4.14 Innovation Can Be Innovated; 4.15 Transportation Development Is Chancy; 3 Wave Two: 1844-1896; 5 The Modern Maritime Modes Emerge; 5.1 Beginnings; 5.2 Trading Companies; 5.3 A Port in a Storm; 5.4 Cargo Ships; 5.5 Ocean Liners; 5.6 The SS Great Eastern; 5.7 Profile: Marc and Isambard Kingdom Brunel; 6 Railroads Deployed: Learning from Experience; 6.1 Trials and Errors; 6.2 Emulation; 6.3 Learning about Networks: The Legrand Star Plan; 6.4 Learning about Technology 6.5 Learning about Passenger Service Standards6.6 Learning about Freight Rate-Making; 6.7 Learning about Embedded Policies: The Org Chart; 6.8 Learning about Rules: The Code of Operations; 6.9 Learning about Time: The Rise of the Time Zone; 6.10 Learning about Traveler Information; 6.11 Learning about Right-of-Way: The Conflict between Land for Access and Land for Activity; 6.12 Learning about Alliances; 6.13 Profile: Cornelius Vanderbilt; 6.14 Learning about Finance: The Erie War; 6.15 Comments by Social Critics; 7 Good Roads, Bicycle Mechanics, and Horseless Carriages 7.1 Bicycles as Building Blocks |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910823836403321 |
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Garrison William L. <1924->
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| New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 2014 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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