Sidney Pollard began his studies at the London School of Economics. From 1950 to 1980 he taught at the University of Sheffield, after 1963 as Professor of Economic History. Since 1980 he has been Professor of Economic History at the University of Bielefeld, West Germany.

• Introduction to the Series, INTRODUCTION, PART 1. BRITAIN AND WESTERN EUROPE, PART 2. RAILWAYS AND COMPETITION: GERMANY, PART 3. THE LATECOMERS, AND PROSPECTS FOR THE TWENTIETH CENTURY, Notes, References, Index