Title The experience of suburban modernity : how private transport changed interwar London / Michael John Law.

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Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2014.

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Description	1 online resource.
	data file
Physical Medium	polychrome
Series	Studies in popular culture
	Studies in popular culture (Manchester, England)
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents	Cover; The experience of suburban modernity; Contents; List of tables; List of figures; General editor's introduction; Acknowledgements; List of abbreviations; 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 airmindedness; 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 commutingPart V Conclusion; 11 Modern marvels; Appendix: Car adoption rate and number of cars in Greater London for 1938; Bibliography; Index.
Local Note	eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America
Subject	Suburbs -- England -- London -- History -- 20th century.
	Suburbs.
	England -- London.
	History.
Chronological Term	20th century
Subject	Suburban life -- England -- London -- History -- 20th century.
	Suburban life.
	Urban transportation -- England -- London -- History -- 20th century.
	Urban transportation.
	London (England) -- Social conditions -- 20th century.
	London (England) -- Social life and customs -- 20th century.
Chronological Term	1900-1999
Genre/Form	Electronic books.
	History.
Other Form:	Print version: 0719089190 9780719089190
ISBN	9781847799432 (electronic book)
	1847799434 (electronic book)
	9781781707999
	1781707995
	9780719089190
	0719089190

Title The experience of suburban modernity : how private transport changed interwar London / Michael John Law.

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