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The Irish Railway Commission (1836–39) aiming to reform railways in the United Kingdom and to improve the governance of Ireland.
- Source :
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Journal of Transport History . Jun2019, Vol. 40 Issue 1, p123-140. 18p. - Publication Year :
- 2019
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Abstract
- This article uses a range of primary and secondary sources to analyse the work of the Irish Railway Commission 1836–39 and its challenge to the predominantly laissez-faire approach to railway development in Britain. The commission produced a model for developing railways with the state and public interest at its heart, and it advocated railways as a system that was planned to deliver specific political and economic objectives. It thereby threatened railway interests in Britain and mobilised senior political advocates of laissez-faire to defeat the commission. Nonetheless, its work was a substantial contribution to understanding Ireland and the weaknesses of nineteenth-century railway regulation that deserves a more prominent place in the history of the relationship between technology and politics. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00225266
- Volume :
- 40
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Journal of Transport History
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 136799618
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1177/0022526618818398