The experience of suburban modernity How private transport changed interwar London /
Law, Michael John,author.
This title explores how the adoption of new forms of private transport transformed inter-war suburban London. It shows how London's suburban middle classes used their newly found disposable income to enjoy driving, motorcycling and flying. It demonstrates that these new practices were welcomed by many, but met resistance to change from those who were dismayed by the accidents that resulted from increased mobility and the aesthetic and cultural changes that were the consequence of Americanization and suburban development.
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This title explores how the adoption of new forms of private transport transformed inter-war suburban London. It shows how London's suburban middle classes used their newly found disposable income to enjoy driving, motorcycling and flying. It demonstrates that these new practices were welcomed by many, but met resistance to change from those who were dismayed by the accidents that resulted from increased mobility and the aesthetic and cultural changes that were the consequence of Americanization and suburban development.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 216-234) and index.
Driving on the Kingston Bypass -- Technologies. The car indispensable -- 'In the joyous rush' : bicycles and motorcycles -- Suburban air-mindedness -- Roads. New mobilities in construction -- Negotiating modernity : beautification and constestation -- Journeys. Pleasure and peril at the suburban roadhouse -- Modern motoring and the enclosed body -- Accidents and suburban modernity -- Everyday driving : mobile consumerism and commuting.
Description based on print version record.
Urban transportation.
Suburbs.
Suburban life.
Social conditions
Manners and customs.
Suburban life
Suburbs
Urban transportation