DRIVING SPACES by Peter Merriman ( 9781405130738 ) - Books & Audio Books at Pickabook.co.uk

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Title:

DRIVING SPACES
A CULTURAL-HISTORICAL GEOGRAPHY OF ENGLAND'S M1 MOTORWAY

By:

Peter Merriman

Format:

Hardback

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ISBN 10:

1405130733

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9781405130738

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Publisher:

JOHN WILEY AND SONS LTD

Pub. date:

8 October, 2007

Series:

RGS-IBG Book Series

Pages:

320

Description:

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. .

Synopsis:

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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Wiley-Blackwell (an imprint of John Wiley & Sons Ltd)

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