Carscapes : the motor car, architecture and landscape in England /

When the motor car first came to England in the 1890s, it was a luxury item with little practical purpose - drivers couldn't travel very far or very quickly without paved roads or traffic laws. Thus began a transformation that has affected the architecture, infrastructure, and even the natural...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Morrison, Kathryn
Other Authors:	Minnis, John
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New Haven : Published by Yale University Press for the Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art in association with English Heritage, [2012]
Subjects:	Automobiles > Social aspects > England > History. Transportation, Automotive > Social aspects > England > History. England > Social life and customs. Architecture and society > England > History. Cultural landscapes > England > History.

Table of Contents:

Introduction: living with cars
Making cars
Selling cars
Keeping the car at home
Maintaining the car
Filling up
Parking, 1896-1939
Parking since 1945
Scrapping the car
On the road
The car and the countryside
Hospitality for the motorist
Traffic in towns, 1896-1939
Traffic in towns since 1945
Conclusion.