Driving spaces : a cultural-historical geography of England's M1 Motorway / Peter Merriman.
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TextSeries: RGS-IBG book seriesPublisher: Malden, MA ; Oxford, UK : Blackwell, 2007Description: 1 online resource (xiv, 305 pages) : illustrationsContent type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780470762448; 0470762446; 9780470766347; 0470766344Subject(s): M1 Motorway (England) -- Design and construction -- History | Express highways -- Social aspects -- England -- History | Automobile driving on highways -- History | England -- Social life and customs | Cultural landscapes -- England | Express highways | Automobile driving on highways | Cultural landscapes | BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Industries -- Transportation | TRANSPORTATION -- Public TransportationGenre/Form: Electronic books.Additional physical formats: Print version:: Driving spaces.DDC classification: 388.1/220942 LOC classification: TE57 | .M47 2007ebOnline resources: Wiley Online Library | Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 224-284) and index.
Introduction : driving spaces -- Envisioning British motorways -- Designing and landscaping the M1 -- Constructing the M1 -- Driving, consuming and governing the M1 -- Motorways and driving since the 1960s.
Offers a perspective on the production and consumption of spaces of driving. Focusing on the design, construction and use of England's M1 motorway in the 1950s and 1960s, this book traces the social and cultural geographies and histories of the spaces of motorway driving. It covers various topics, including the envisioning of Britain's motorways.
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