Driving Spaces

Driving Spaces

by Merriman, Peter

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Peter Merriman traces the social and cultural histories and geographies of driving spaces through an examination of the design, construction and use of England's M1 motorway in the 1950s and 1960s. A first-of-its-kind academic study examining the production and consumption of the landscapes and spaces of a British motorway An interdisciplinary approach, engaging with theoretical and empirical work from sociology, history, cultural studies, anthropology and geography Contains 38 high quality ill…

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Title Statements

  • Full title :Driving Spaces.

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Peter Merriman traces the social and cultural histories and geographies of driving spaces through an examination of the design, construction and use of England's M1 motorway in the 1950s and 1960s. A first-of-its-kind academic study examining the production and consumption of the landscapes and spaces of a British motorway An interdisciplinary approach, engaging with theoretical and empirical work from sociology, history, cultural studies, anthropology and geography Contains 38 high quality illustrations Based on extensive, original archive work.

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Edition Statements

  • Publication Date:2008.

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The Physical Object

  • Description:1 online resource (321 pages)

Edition Identifiers

  • ISBN:9781405130721, 1405130725
  • oclc:ocn780886217
  • LC Classification:TE57.M47 2007
  • Dewey Decimal:388.1/220942

Table of Contents

Contents; Figures; Series Editors' Preface; Acknowledgements; Chapter One: Introduction: Driving Spaces; Chapter Two: Envisioning British Motorways; Chapter Three: Designing and Landscaping the M1; Chapter Four: Constructing the M1; Chapter Five: Driving, Consuming and Governing the M1; Chapter Six: Motorways and Driving since the 1960s; Appendix: Archival Sources; Notes; References; Index.

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Subjects

Affaires Autoroutes Business businesses (business enterprises) engineering Express highways expressways Ingénierie limited access highways

Writers

Merriman, Peter

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