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The Battle for the Roads of Britain: Police, Motorists and the Law, c.1890s to 1970s
Laybourn, Keith, Taylor, David
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Description for The Battle for the Roads of Britain: Police, Motorists and the Law, c.1890s to 1970s
Hardcover. Policing in Britain was changed fundamentally by the rapid emergence of the automobile at the beginning of the twentieth century. This book seeks to examine how the police reacted to this challenge and moved to segregate the motorist from the pedestrian in an attempt to eliminate the 'road holocaust' that ensued. Num Pages: 250 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJD1; HBTB; JKSW1; WGC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 167 x 20. Weight in Grams: 422.
Policing in Britain was changed fundamentally by the rapid emergence of the automobile at the beginning of the twentieth century. This book seeks to examine how the police reacted to this challenge and moved to segregate the motorist from the pedestrian in an attempt to eliminate the 'road holocaust' that ensued.
Policing in Britain was changed fundamentally by the rapid emergence of the automobile at the beginning of the twentieth century. This book seeks to examine how the police reacted to this challenge and moved to segregate the motorist from the pedestrian in an attempt to eliminate the 'road holocaust' that ensued.
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
Number of Pages
238
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780230359321
SKU
V9780230359321
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Ref
99-15
About Laybourn, Keith, Taylor, David
Keith Laybourn is Diamond Jubilee Professor at the University of Huddersfield, UK, and has taught history at Huddersfield for 43 years. A prolific writer of books and articles, he has published Policing in England and Wales, 1918-1939, with David Taylor, Emeritus Professor of History at the University of Huddersfield, UK, who also contributed to this book.
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