Carscapes - The Motor Car, Architecture, and Landscape in England

Informationen zum Autor Kathryn A. Morrison and John Minnis are senior investigators at English Heritage. Klappentext 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 quickly without paved roads or traffic laws. Thus began a transformation that has affected the architecture, infrastructure, and even the natural environment of the country. Carscapes relates the history of the car's impact on the physical environment of England from its early beginnings to the modern motorway network, focusing especially on its architectural influence. The authors offer a detailed look at the litany of structures designed specifically to accommodate cars: garages, gas stations, car parks, factories, and showrooms. Presenting a comprehensive study of these buildings, along with highways, bridges, and signage, Carscapes reveals the many overlooked ways in which automobiles have shaped the modern English landscape. Published for the Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art Winner of the Peter Neaverson Award for Outstanding Scholarship awarded by the Association for Industrial Archaeology.--Peter Neaverson Award"Association for Industrial Archaeology" (06/07/2013) Zusammenfassung 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. This book relates the history of the car's impact on the physical environment of England from its early beginnings to the modern motorway network.

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• Authors: Kathryn A. Morrison, John Minnis, Minnis John, Kathryn Morrison, Kathryn A Morrison, Kathryn A. Morrison, Kathryn A. Minnis Morrison, Kathryn A./ Minnis Morrison, MORRISON KATHRYN A MINNIS JOHN, Morrison Kathryn A.
• Publisher: Yale University Press Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 15.01.2013
• EAN: 9780300187045
• ISBN: 978-0-300-18704-5
• No. of pages: 448
• Dimensions: 250 mm x 290 mm x 35 mm
• Series: The Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art; Studies in British Art; The Association of Human Rights Institutes series
• Subjects: Education and learning > Teaching preparation > Vocational needs; Humanities, art, music > Art > Architecture; England, Product Design, Landscape art & architecture, ARCHITECTURE / Landscape, DESIGN / Product, Landscape architecture and design