Geographies of British Modernity [[electronic resource] ] : Space and Society in the Twentieth Century

• Autore: Gilbert David
• Pubblicazione: Chichester, : John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., 2007
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (281 p.)
• Disciplina: 911/.41; 914.12
• Soggetto topico: Human geography; Geography / Travel; Human geography - Great Britain; Great Britain; Regions & Countries - Europe; History & Archaeology
• Altri autori: MatlessDavid ShortBrian
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di contenuto: Geographies of British Modernity: Space and Society in the Twentieth Century; Contents; Series Editors' Preface; Acknowledgements; List of Contributors; Chapter 1 Historical Geographies of British Modernity; Part I Surveying British Modernity; Chapter 2 A Century of Progress? Inequalities in British Society, 1901–2000; Chapter 3 The Conservative Century? Geography and Conservative Electoral Success during the Twentieth Century; Chapter 4 Mobility in the Twentieth Century: Substituting Commuting for Migration? ; Chapter 5 Qualifying the Evidence: Perceptions of Rural Change in Britain in the Second Half of the Twentieth CenturyPart II Sites of British Modernity; Chapter 6 'A Power for Good or Evil': Geographies of the M1 in Late Fifties Britain; Chapter 7 A New England: Landscape, Exhibition and Remaking Industrial Space in the 1930s; Chapter 8 A Man's World? Masculinity and Metropolitan Modernity at Simpson Piccadilly; Chapter 9 Mosques, Temples and Gurdwaras: New Sites of Religion in Twentieth-Cen
• Sommario/riassunto: This volume brings together leading scholars in the geography and history of twentieth-century Britain to illustrate the contribution that geographical thinking can make to understanding modern Britain.:.; The first collection to explore the contribution that geographical thinking can make to our understanding of modern Britain.; Contains thirteen essays by leading scholars in the geography and history of twentieth-century Britain.; Focuses on how and why geographies of Britain have formed and changed over the past century.; Combines economic, political, social and cultural geographies.; Demon
• Titolo autorizzato: Geographies of British Modernity
• ISBN: 1-281-32265-2; 9786611322656; 0-470-70723-2; 0-470-75225-4; 0-470-75224-6
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910145705103321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: RGS-IBG Book Series