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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

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

      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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