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



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Autore: Gilbert David Visualizza persona
Titolo: Geographies of British Modernity [[electronic resource] ] : Space and Society in the Twentieth Century Visualizza cluster
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  Visualizza cluster
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
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