Geographies of British Modernity Space and Society in the Twentieth Century

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Geographies of British Modernity: Space and Society in the Twentieth Century By Roger Lee, David M. Smith (eds.)
2003 | 273 Pages | ISBN: 0631235000 | PDF | 3 MB​

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.Demonstrates the vitality of work in this field and its relevance to everyday life. Content: Chapter 1 Historical Geographies of British Modernity (pages 1-28): Brian Short, David Gilbert and David MatlessChapter 2 A Century of Progress? Inequalities in British Society, 1901-2000 (pages 29-53): Danny DorlingChapter 3 The Conservative Century? Geography and Conservative Electoral Success During the Twentieth Century (pages 54-79): Ron Johnston, Charles Pattie, Danny Dorling and David RossiterChapter 4 Mobility in the Twentieth Century: Substituting Commuting for Migration? (pages 80-96): Colin G. PooleyChapter 5 Qualifying the Evidence: Perceptions of Rural Change in Britain in the Second Half of the Twentieth Century (pages 97-112): Alun HowkinsChapter 6 'A Power for Good or Evil': Geographies of the M1 in Late Fifties Britain (pages 113-131): Peter MerrimanChapter 7 A New England: Landscape, Exhibition and Remaking Industrial Space in the 1930s (pages 132-150): Denis LinehanChapter 8 A Man's World? Masculinity and Metropolitan Modernity at Simpson Piccadilly (pages 151-167): Bronwen EdwardsChapter 9 Mosques, Temples and Gurdwaras: New Sites of Religion in Twentieth?Century Britain (pages 168-184): Simon Naylor and James R. RyanChapter 10 'Stop Being so English': Suburban Modernity and National Identity in The Twentieth Century (pages 185-203): David Gilbert and Rebecca PrestonChapter 11 Nation, Empire and Cosmopolis: Ireland and the Break with Britain (pages 204-228): Gerry KearnsChapter 12 British Geographical Representations of Imperialism and Colonial Development in the Early and Mid?Twentieth Century (pages 229-249): Robin A. Butlin

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