Carscapes : the motor car, architecture and landscape in England / Kathryn A Morrison, John Minnis.
Published / Created:
New Haven : Published by Yale University Press for the Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art, c2012.
Physical Description:
vii, 439 p. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 29 cm.
Collection:
Reference Library
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
Introduction: living with cars -- Making cars -- Buying and selling cars -- Keeping the car at home -- Maintaining the car -- Filling up -- Parking, pre 1939 -- Parking, post 1945 -- Scrapping the car -- On the road -- The car and the countryside -- Hospitality for the motorist -- Traffic in towns, 1896-1939 -- Traffic in towns, 1945-2010 -- Conclusion.
Subject Terms:
Automobiles -- Social aspects -- England -- History. | Transportation, Automotive -- Social aspects -- England -- History. | England -- Social life and customs. | Architecture and society -- England -- History. | Cultural landscapes -- England -- History.