By comparison with their English counterparts, Scottish nineteenth-century railways have suffered from a degree of neglect by economic historians. Most of the e

The field of business history has changed and grown dramatically over the last few years. There is less interest in the traditional `company-centred' approach a

This book argues for the significance of the Stockton and Darlington Railway in Britain's industrialisation.

The British railway network was a monument to Victorian private enterprise. Its masterpieces of civil engineering were emulated around the world. But its perfor