Book ID: CBB403036470

Spaces of congestion and traffic: Politics and technologies in twentieth-century London (2019)

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Rooney, David (Author)


Routledge/Taylor & Francis Group


Publication Date: 2019
Physical Details: 221
Language: English

This book provides a political history of urban traffic congestion in the twentieth century, and explores how and why experts from a range of professional disciplines have attempted to solve what they have called ‘the traffic problem’ (Publisher)

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Review Richard Hornsey (August 2021) Review of "Spaces of congestion and traffic: Politics and technologies in twentieth-century London". The Journal of Transport History (pp. 338-340). unapi

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Authors & Contributors
Ashley Sweetman
Tóth, Katalin
Flonneau, Matthieu
Loukaitou-Sideris, Anastasia
Mazoyer, Harold
Annika Levels
Concepts
Urban planning
urban transportation
Land transportation
Mobility
Roads and highways
Cities and towns
Time Periods
20th century
21st century
20th century, late
19th century
20th century, early
Places
London (England)
Great Britain
France
Magdeburg, Germany
Oryol, USSR
Ostrava, Czechoslovakia
Institutions
History of the Urban Environment Book Series
Hunterian Museum (London)
Royal College of Surgeons, London
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