Moving Wartime London: Public Transport in the First World War.
During the Great War public transport in London was put under extreme pressure. Services suffered from staff and material shortages, fuel rationing, and requisitioning. Despite this, over 300 million more passengers travelled in 1918 than in 1913. The Metropolitan Police was forced to relax rules go...
| Publicado en: | London Journal Vol. 41; no. 3; pp. 233 - 249 |
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Taylor & Francis Ltd
Nov2016
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