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- The experience of suburban modernity: How private transport changed interwar London
- Book
- 2014
- Published by: Manchester University Press
summary
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 the despoiling of the countryside through road development. This book will be welcomed by academics and students working in suburban studies, historical geography and interwar British history and can also be enjoyed by anyone interested in the history of London.
Table of Contents
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- List of tables
- p. ix
- List of figures
- p. x
- General editor’s introduction
- pp. xi-xii
- Acknowledgements
- p. xiii
- List of abbreviations
- p. xiv
- Part I. Introduction
- Part II. Technologies
- 2. The car indispensable
- pp. 19-36
- 4. Suburban air-mindedness
- pp. 57-76
- Part III. Roads
- 5. New mobilities in construction
- pp. 79-96
- Part IV. Journeys
- 8. Modern motoring and the enclosed body
- pp. 142-161
- 9. Accidents and suburban modernity
- pp. 162-186
- Part V. Conclusion
- 11. Modern marvels
- pp. 207-213
- Bibliography
- pp. 216-234
Additional Information
ISBN
9781847799432
Related ISBN(s)
9780719089190
MARC Record
OCLC
979148184
Pages
256
Launched on MUSE
2017-03-28
Language
English
Open Access
No