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Looks at the history of the London suburbs in the interwar years

Table of Contents

Part I: Introduction
1. Driving on the Kingston Bypass
Part II: Technologies
2. The car indispensable
3. ‘In the joyous rush’– Bicycles and motorcycles
4. Suburban air-mindedness
Part III: Roads
5. New mobilities in construction
6. Negotiating modernity – Beautification and contestation
Part IV: Journeys
7. Pleasure and peril at the suburban roadhouse
8. Modern motoring and the enclosed body
9. Accidents and suburban modernity
10. Everyday driving – Mobile consumerism and commuting
Part V: Conclusion
11. Modern Marvels
Appendix: Car adoption rate and number of cars in Greater London for 1938
Bibliography
Index

The Experience of Suburban Modernity How Private

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    Publisher: Manchester University Press
    Publication Date: 31/10/2014
    ISBN13: 9780719089190, 978-0719089190
    ISBN10: 719089190
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    Description

    Book Synopsis
    Looks at the history of the London suburbs in the interwar years

    Table of Contents

    Part I: Introduction
    1. Driving on the Kingston Bypass
    Part II: Technologies
    2. The car indispensable
    3. ‘In the joyous rush’– Bicycles and motorcycles
    4. Suburban air-mindedness
    Part III: Roads
    5. New mobilities in construction
    6. Negotiating modernity – Beautification and contestation
    Part IV: Journeys
    7. Pleasure and peril at the suburban roadhouse
    8. Modern motoring and the enclosed body
    9. Accidents and suburban modernity
    10. Everyday driving – Mobile consumerism and commuting
    Part V: Conclusion
    11. Modern Marvels
    Appendix: Car adoption rate and number of cars in Greater London for 1938
    Bibliography
    Index

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