Britain's Railways, 1997-2005: Labour's Strategic Experiment

Britain's Railways, 1997-2005: Labour's Strategic Experiment

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 1-328

  Gourvish, Terry ^a  

^a Business History Unit   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Privatization; Rail industry; Railway policy; Tony blair; United kingdom

Indexed keywords

EID: 84920609795     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199236602.001.0001     Document Type: Book

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