Carscapes: The Motor Car, Architecture, and Landscape in England

by Kathryn Morrison and John Minnis

When the motor car first came to England in the 1890s, it was a luxury item with little practical purpose--drivers couldn't travel very far or quickly without paved roads or traffic laws. Thus began a transformation that has affected the architecture, infrastructure, and even the natural environment of the country. Carscapes relates the history of the car's impact on the physical environment of England from its early beginnings to the modern...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0300187041
• ISBN13: 9780300187045
• Release Date: February 2013
• Publisher: Paul Mellon Centre
• Length: 448 Pages
• Weight: 5.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 9.9" x 11.3"