The official history of Britain and the Channel Tunnel / Terry Gourvish ; research, Mike Anson.
Material type: TextSeries: Government official history seriesPublisher: London ; New York : Routledge, 2006Description: xxi, 521 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 0203969499
- 9780203969496
- 9781134165445
- 1134165447
- HISTORY / Europe / General
- Underwater tunnels -- English Channel -- History
- Transportation and state -- Great Britain -- History
- TRANSPORTATION -- Railroads -- Pictorial
- Transportation and state
- Underwater tunnels
- POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / Diplomacy
- Channel Tunnel (Coquelles, France, and Folkestone, England) -- History
- Atlantic Ocean -- English Channel
- Europe -- Channel Tunnel (Coquelles, France, and Folkestone, England)
- Great Britain
- 385.3/12 22
- HE380.G72 E542 2006eb
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
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