THE OFFICIAL HISTORY OF BRITAIN AND THE CHANNEL TUNNEL (WHITEHALL HISTORIES)
Written by Terry Gourvish
Published by Routledge
in 2006
ISBN: 9780415391832
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THE OFFICIAL HISTORY OF BRITAIN AND THE CHANNEL TUNNEL (WHITEHALL HISTORIES)
Written by Terry Gourvish.
Stock no. 1827121
1st.
2006.
Hardback.
Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.
Whitehall Histories: Government Official History Series. Presenting the first official history of the British Government's evolving relationship with the Channel Tunnel project from the early 19th century to 2005. Black cloth boards, silver titles. ISBN: 9780415391832. A nice copy. Pictorial dustwrapper is a little scuffed to rear panel.
Front cover
Contents
- List of figures
- List of cartoons
- List of tables
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations and acronyms
- 1 Beginnings, 1802-1945
- 2 New Aspirations: The Channel Tunnel project, 1945-64
- 3 Another false start: the Wilson Governments and the Tunnel, 1964-70
- 4 The Heath Government and the Tunnel: reaching agreement, 1970-2
- 5 The Heath Government and the Tunnel: taking the project forward, 1972-4
- 6 Abandonment, 1974-5
- 7 Keeping hopes alive, 1975-81
- 8 The Thatcher Governments and the Tunnel: from hope to eternity, 1981-4
- 9 The Thatcher Governments and the Tunnel: choosing a promoter, 1984-6
- 10 Eurotunnel: finance and construction, 1986-90
- 11 From Tunnel to transport facility, 1988-94
- 12 The Channel Tunnel: postscript, 1994-2005
- Notes
- Index