The Motoring Age

The Automobile and Britain 1896-1939

Peter Thorold (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

304 Seiten

2004 | Main
Profile Books Ltd (Verlag)
978-1-86197-383-2 (ISBN)

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In the forty years before the Second World War Britain was changed for ever by the automobile. This rich, evocative and entertaining book charts that transformation. 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. The car was a symbol of individual liberty for men - and women; it was glamorous and stylish and sexy too.

Peter Thorold was born in London and educated in the United States and Britain, reading history at New College, Oxford. His professional career was spent in the City as an insurance broker and as a director of a number of companies. He is the author of The London Rich (1999) â? 'crowded with vivid details and entertaining anecdotes ... it is also a serious work of scholarship' (Philip Ziegler)

Erscheint lt. Verlag	7.10.2004
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	145 x 230 mm
Gewicht	435 g
Themenwelt	Natur / Technik ► Fahrzeuge / Flugzeuge / Schiffe ► Auto / Motorrad
Themenwelt	Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Kulturgeschichte
ISBN-10	1-86197-383-7 / 1861973837
ISBN-13	978-1-86197-383-2 / 9781861973832
Zustand	Neuware