The official history of Britain and the Channel Tunnel / Terry Gourvish ; research, Mike Anson.

By:

Gourvish, T. R. (Terence Richard) [author]

Contributor(s):

Anson, Mike (Mike J.)

Material type: Text

TextSeries: Government official history seriesPublisher: London ; New York : Routledge, 2006Description: xxi, 521 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmContent type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

0203969499
9780203969496
9781134165445
1134165447

Subject(s): Genre/Form:

DDC classification:

385.3/12 22

LOC classification:

HE380.G72 E542 2006eb

Contents:

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.