Democratization of public transportation since 1820

SND-ID: SND 0037

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Creator/Principal investigator(s)

Göran Andolf - University of Gothenburg, Department of History

Description

The study deals with the variations of caravan traffic, i.e. the number of departed horses per year in the whole country and in various counties (1855-1906) and in tax charge districts and at single inns (about 1820-1920). Furthermore the variations in sea passenger traffic, i.e. yearly incomes for 66 passenger vessels in domestic traffic during the period of 1860 to 1920. Above this there is information on opening and closing hours per year of Göta Kanal and Trollhätte Kanal and the person kilometers of the railways.

Language

Swedish

Research principal, contributors, and funding

Research principal

University of Gothenburg

Responsible department/unit

University of Gothenburg, Department of History
Protection and ethical review

Data contains personal data

No

Method

Unit of analysis

Time period(s) investigated

1820-01-01–1920-12-31

Geographic coverage

Geographic spread

Geographic location: Sweden

Topic and keywords

Subject area

TRANSPORT AND TRAVEL, HISTORY (CESSDA Topic Classification)
Transport Systems and Logistics, History (The Swedish standard of fields of research 2011)

Keywords

freight transport, road transport, sea transport, railway transport, public transport, passengers, canals

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Democratization of public transportation since 1820

Associated documentation

Version 1.1

2013-12-17
https://doi.org/10.5878/001623

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Göran Andolf. University of Gothenburg, Department of History (2013). <em>Democratization of public transportation since 1820</em>. Swedish National Data Service. Version 1.1. <a href="https://doi.org/10.5878/001623">https://doi.org/10.5878/001623</a>

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Data format / data structure

Numeric

Creator/Principal investigator(s)

Göran Andolf - University of Gothenburg, Department of History

Data collection

  • Mode of collection: Compilation/Synthesis
  • Time period(s) for data collection: 1979-09-01–1979-09-30
  • Source of the data: Registers/Records/Accounts: Historical

Variables

13

Number of individuals/objects

3812

Published: 1983-01-01
Last updated: 2018-11-19