The car and British society : class, gender and motoring, 1896-1939

Author:

O'Connell, Sean

Format:

Book

Language:

English

Imprint:

Manchester, UK ; New York : Manchester University Press ; New York : Distributed exclusively in the USA by St. Martin's Press, 1998

Subject:

Automobiles - Social aspects - Great Britain - History
Social classes - Great Britain - History
Great Britain - Social life and customs

ISBN:

9780719051487, 0719051487, 9780719055065, 0719055067, 0719051487 (cloth), and 0719055067 (paper)

Series:

Studies in popular culture (Manchester, England)

Description:

x, 240 p. : ill. ; 24 cm

Bibliographic Note:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [223]-235) and index

Contents:

1. 'By their cars ye shall know them': class, status and the spread of car ownership -- 2. 'A myth that is not allowed to die': gender and the car -- 3. 'The right crowd and no crowding': leisure and the car -- 4. 'These things will right themselves': road safety and the car -- 5. Dealing with a contradiction: the car in the countryside -- 6. Representations of the car

Collection:

BGC Monograph Stacks

Call Number:

HE5663.A6 O28 1998

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