The experience of suburban modernity : how private transport changed interwar London /
This title explores how the adoption of new forms of private transport transformed inter-war suburban London. It shows how London's suburban middle classes used their newly found disposable income to enjoy driving, motorcycling and flying. It demonstrates that these new practices were welcomed...
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| Формат: | Licensed eBooks |
| Хэл сонгох: | англи |
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Manchester :
Manchester University Press
2014.
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| Цуврал: | Studies in popular culture (Manchester, England)
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| Онлайн хандалт: | https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/j.ctt18mvmqh |
| Тойм: | This title explores how the adoption of new forms of private transport transformed inter-war suburban London. It shows how London's suburban middle classes used their newly found disposable income to enjoy driving, motorcycling and flying. It demonstrates that these new practices were welcomed by many, but met resistance to change from those who were dismayed by the accidents that resulted from increased mobility and the aesthetic and cultural changes that were the consequence of Americanization and suburban development. |
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| Биет тодорхойлолт: | 1 online resource |
| Номзүй: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781847799432 1847799434 9781781707999 1781707995 9780719089190 0719089190 |