Comparison in occupational sociology of the railway transport industry in the UK, the USA and New Zealand, illustrating the reciprocal influences of technological change and social change - covers work environment factors, working conditions, labour relations, employees attitudes, political aspects and social implications of decision making in respect of innovation, etc. Statistical tables.

This bibliography is a guide to the voluminous literature recently published about the benefits and problems of automation and related technological changes. Because changes in technology underlie many critical manpower developments, public interest has been greatly intensified in the progress and implications of these innovations.

Overregulated and displaced by barges, trucks, and jet aviation, railroads fell into decline. Their misfortune was measured in lost market share, abandoned track, bankruptcies, and unemployment. Today, rail transportation is reviving. American Railroads tells a riveting story about how this iconic industry managed to turn itself around.