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The Motoring Age: The Automobile and Britain 1896-1939

The Motoring Age: The Automobile and Britain 1896-1939


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At first motoring was a sport, the car a plaything of the rich - think King Edward and Mr Toad. Soon motor transport - its value confirmed many times over in the war - became central to the economy. The automobile became an instrument of civilization and rejuvenated countryside, towns and villages left derelict by agricultural depression. People were released from their grimy cities 'to go rolling out across the moors to the sea'- to Blackpool or Brighton. The car was a symbol of individual liberty for men - and women; it was glamorous and stylish and sexy too. And George Orwell, writing at the very end of the 'motoring age' saw in the new suburbs and towns it had engendered the seeds of a new Britain liberated from class.

About the Author :
Peter Thorold is the author of The London Rich (1999) - 'crowded with vivid details and entertaining anecdotes it is also a serious work of scholarship' (Philip Ziegler), a book 'calculated to make you look at the city with new eyes' (John Gross). He lives in London.

Review :
amusing, informative and beautifully illustrated Peter Thorold's book is a well-researched anecdotal account of most areas of the motor car's influence in the period leading up to the Second World War. a witty and engrossing ride ... This book will make you glad you hopped on board compact, well-sprung and nippy Thorold's impressively well-grounded yet enormously enjoyable history reveals the remarkable impact the automobile had on our country and our lives.


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9781861973788
  • Publisher: Profile Books Ltd
  • Publisher Imprint: Profile Books Ltd
  • Height: 242 mm
  • No of Pages: 304
  • Sub Title: The Automobile and Britain 1896-1939
  • Width: 162 mm
  • ISBN-10: 1861973780
  • Publisher Date: 02 Oct 2003
  • Binding: Hardback
  • Language: English
  • Spine Width: 28 mm
  • Weight: 605 gr


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