Author: David HarveyPublisher:
ISBN: 9781445647043
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
A fascinating collection of photographs giving a picture of life in Coventry between 1914 and 1946 through the city's bus fleet.
Author: David Harvey
Author: David HarveyWest Midlands PTE and Its Successors
Author: Andrew ColePublisher: Amberley Publishing Limited
ISBN: 1445670496
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 188
Book Description
Andrew Cole offers a range of rare and unpublished images of the West Midlands Passenger Transport Executive and its successor companies, West Midlands Travel and Travel West Midlands.
Waste into Weapons
Author: Peter ThorsheimPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1316395502
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 305
Book Description
During the Second World War, the United Kingdom faced severe shortages of essential raw materials. To keep its armaments factories running, the British government enlisted millions of people in efforts to recycle a wide range of materials for use in munitions production. Recycling not only supplied British munitions factories with much-needed raw materials - it also played a key role in the efforts of the British government to maintain the morale of its citizens, to secure billions of dollars in Lend-Lease aid from the United States, and to uncover foreign intelligence. However, Britain's wartime recycling campaign came at a cost: it consumed items that would never have been destroyed under normal circumstances, including significant parts of the nation's cultural heritage. Based on extensive archival research, Peter Thorsheim examines the relationship between armaments production, civil liberties, cultural preservation, and diplomacy, making Waste into Weapons the first in-depth history of twentieth-century recycling in Britain.
Author: Great Britain
Author: A-Z of British Bus Bodies
Author: James TaylorPublisher: Crowood
ISBN: 1847976395
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 468
Book Description
A-Z of British Bus Bodies sets out to offer a first port of call for anyone with an interest in those who built bus and coach bodies in Britain and Ireland between 1919 and 1975. From charabanc to service bus, from luxury coach to municipal double-decker, the sheer variety of public service vehicle (PSV) bodies is astonishing. The alphabetical listing of British bus body builders between 1919 - 1975 covers the well-known larger companies and small local companies, and is illustrated with period and modern images, including contemporary advertising material. It includes a substantial introduction looking at operators of the period, the body building process and the development of bus body building throughout the period. A comprehensive guide to bus bodies 1919-1975 and a valuable reference work for the bus enthusiast. Superbly illustrated with 300 colour and black & white photographs including period and modern images and contemporary advertising material. James Taylor has been researching and writing about motoring history for over thirty years and has been interested in classic buses since childhood.
A History of the British Isles
Author: Jeremy BlackPublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1137573635
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 338
Book Description
A core introductory textbook that provides students with a concise overview of the full sweep of English, Irish, Scottish and Welsh history, from pre-Roman times right through to the present day. Jeremy Black offers a balanced and absorbing account of a group of islands, their peoples, their extraordinary shared past and their remarkable impact on the rest of the world. This is an ideal set text for dedicated modules on British history, or a supplementary text for broader modules on European history, which may be offered at all levels of an undergraduate history or European studies degree. In addition it is a crucial resource for students who may be studying the history of Britain for the first time as part of a taught postgraduate degree in British or European history. New to this Edition: - Revised and updated throughout in light of the latest research - Provides coverage of recent events - Pays greater attention to social developments
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