The experience of suburban modernity
How private transport changed interwar London
The experience of suburban modernity looks at the history of the London suburbs in the interwar years. It shows that, contrary to those accounts that portray suburbia as static and boring, these suburbs were in fact at the heart of the adoption of private transport and new mobilities. Wealthier middle-class suburbanites enjoyed driving at speed on new arterial roads, visiting roadhouses for a transgressive night out, taking five-shilling flights from the local airport, and joining cycling and motorcycle clubs. All this fun came at a price for some in the form of thousands of deaths in road accidents, plane crashes on suburban housing and in t…
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-1-84779-942-5
- EAN: 9781847799425
- Produktnummer: 28348283
- Verlag: Princeton University Press
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2014
- Seitenangabe: 256 S.
- Plattform: EPUB
- Masse: 2'281 KB
- Abbildungen: Tables, black & white-Halftones, black & white-Maps
Über den Autor
Michael John Law is a Research Fellow at the University of Westminster
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