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In the forty years before the Second World War Britain was changed for ever by the automobile. This rich, evocative and entertaining book charts that transformation. At first motoring was a sport, the car a plaything of the rich - think King Edward and Mr Toad. Soon motor transport - its value confirmed many times over in the war - became central to the economy. The automobile became an instrument of civilization and rejuvenated countryside, towns and villages left derelict by agricultural depression. The car was a symbol of individual liberty for men - and women; it was glamorous and stylish and sexy too.
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amusing, informative and beautifully illustrated (Classic Cars)
Peter Thorold's book is a well-researched anecdotal account of most areas of the motor car's influence in the period leading up to the Second World War. (The Independent on Sunday)
a witty and engrossing ride ... This book will make you glad you hopped on board (Good Book Guide)
compact, well-sprung and nippy (Daily Telegraph)
Thorold's impressively well-grounded yet enormously enjoyable history reveals the remarkable impact the automobile had on our country and our lives. (Michael Kerrigan The Scotsman)
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Peter Thorold's book is a well-researched anecdotal account of most areas of the motor car's influence in the period leading up to the Second World War. (The Independent on Sunday)
a witty and engrossing ride ... This book will make you glad you hopped on board (Good Book Guide)
compact, well-sprung and nippy (Daily Telegraph)
Thorold's impressively well-grounded yet enormously enjoyable history reveals the remarkable impact the automobile had on our country and our lives. (Michael Kerrigan The Scotsman)
At first motoring was a sport, the car a plaything of the rich - think King Edward and Mr Toad. Soon motor transport - its value confirmed many times over in the war - became central to the economy. The automobile became an instrument of civilization and rejuvenated countryside, towns and villages left derelict by agricultural depression. People were released from their grimy cities 'to go rolling out across the moors to the sea'- to Blackpool or Brighton. The car was a symbol of individual liberty for men - and women; it was glamorous and stylish and sexy too. And George Orwell, writing at the very end of the 'motoring age' saw in the new suburbs and towns it had engendered the seeds of a new Britain liberated from class.
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- PublisherProfile Books
- Publication date2003
- ISBN 10 1861973780
- ISBN 13 9781861973788
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages304
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