The motoring century : the story of the Royal Automobile Club / Piers Brendon.
By: Brendon, Piers
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BookPublisher: London : Bloomsbury, 1997Description: 432 p. : ill.(some col.), ports ; 27 cm. + hbk.ISBN: 0747530343.Subject(s): Royal Automobile Club (Great Britain) -- History -- 20th century | Transportation, Automotive -- Great Britain -- 20th century -- HistoryDDC classification: 629.206041 | Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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| General Lending | MTU Bishopstown Library Lending | 629.206041 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 00017885 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
From the advent of the horseless carriage to the age of the stretch limousine, the Royal Automobile Club has been known as the Parliament of motoring. This volume provides a centenary history of the club. It is a record of the work of the institution, tracing the journey of the car through 100 years of Britain's national life.
Bibliography: p. 425. - Includes index.
Horseless carriages -- Motoring on the map -- The parliament of motoring -- RAC & AA -- A palace in pall mall -- Peace and War -- Motoring for the million -- Austerity motoring -- Blessing and blight -- Crisis in the club -- The triumph of technology -- Motoring into the future.
Author notes provided by Syndetics
Piers Brendon, the author of 11 previous books, is Keeper of the Churchill Archives and a Fellow of Churchill College, Cambridge. He lives in England.(Bowker Author Biography)