Authors: Luckin, Bill; Sheen, David

Source: Cultural and Social History, Volume 6, Number 2, June 2009 , pp. 211-230(20)

Publisher: Berg Publishers

Abstract:

Automobility lies at the heart of contemporary analysis of the social relations of mobility. Thus far, however, it lacks a history. This article seeks to rectify that omission by interrogating the road traffic accident crisis which afflicted Manchester in the early years of the Second World War. The article proposes a provisional chronology for automobility in twentieth-century Britain: a lengthy phase between 1920 and 1970, dominated by the interests of private motorists, and a modern sub-period between 1970 and the near present. The latter era witnessed a gradual, and then an increasingly rapid, movement towards meeting the needs of non-drivers.

Keywords: AUTOMOBILITY; MANCHESTER; ROAD TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS; ROAD SAFETY; SECOND WORLD WAR

Document Type: Research article

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.2752/147800409X411065

Affiliations: 1: University of Bolton

Publication date: 2009-06-01

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