Format:
1 Online-Ressource (xviii, 254 pages)
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illustrations
Edition:
First edition
ISBN:
9781350075962
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9781350075955
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9781350075948
Series Statement:
SOAS studies in modern and contemporary Japan
Content:
"Automobility and the City in Twentieth-Century Britain and Japan is the first book to consider how mass motorization reshaped cities in Japan and Britain during the 20th century. Taking two leading 'motor cities', Nagoya and Birmingham, as their principal subjects, Simon Gunn and Susan C. Townsend show how cars changed the spatial form and individual experience of the modern city and reveal the similarities and differences between Japan and Britain in adapting to the 'motor age'. The book has three main themes: the place of automobility in post-war urban reconstruction; the emerging conflict between the promise of mobility and personal freedom offered by the car and its consequences for the urban environment (the M/E dilemma); and the extent to which the Anglo-Japanese comparison can throw light on fundamental differences in cultural understanding of the environment, urbanism and the self. The result is the first comparative history of mass automobility and its environmental consequences between East and West."--Bloomsbury Publishing
Content:
List of Figures -- List of Tables and Graphs -- Preface -- Note on Text and Translation -- Introduction: Automobility and the City Between East and West -- 1. Planning the Automotive City, c. 1920-1960 -- 2. Civic Engineering: Roads Construction and the Urban Environment -- 3. Automobility and Urban Form -- 4. Driving the Motor City: The Experience of Automobility -- 5. Pollution and Protest -- 6. Kuruma Banare: Turning Away from the Car? -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index.
Note:
Compliant with Level AA of the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines. Content is displayed as HTML full text which can easily be resized or read with assistive technology, with mark-up that allows screen readers and keyboard-only users to navigate easily
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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Barrierefreier Inhalt: Compatible with accessibility standards for most Level A (Priority 1) and AA (Priority 2) success criteria of the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG 2.0) developed by the Worldwide Web Consortium (W3C)
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781350075931
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Gunn, Simon, 1954 - Automobility and the city in twentieth-century Britain and Japan London : Bloomsbury Academic, 2019 ISBN 1350075930
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781350075931
Language:
English
Keywords:
Geschichte 1900-2000
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Geschichte 1900-2000
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Japan
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Großbritannien
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Stadtverkehr
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Straßenverkehr
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Motorisierung
DOI:
10.5040/9781350075962
