Geographies of British Modernity Space and Society in the by Gilbert PAPERBACK

Geographies of British Modernity\n\nSpace and Society in the Twentieth Century\n\nDavid Gilbert (Edited by), Gilbert (Author), David Matless (Edited by), Brian Short (Edited by)\n\n9780631235019, Wiley\n\nPaperback / softback, published 22 August 2003\n\n280 pages\n22.9 x 15.2 x 2 cm, 0.413 kg\n\n'Through the appropriately \""modern\"" concepts of survey, site and identity, Gilbert, Matless and Short offer us an enticing set of precise vignettes, framing a geographical interpretation of British modernity. This book sketches an agenda for what will be an enduring preoccupation among historical geographers in \""millennial\"" Britain.' Denis Cosgrove, University of California, Los Angeles\n\""This landmark volume stands as the first work of historical geography to cover the whole span of the twentieth century. Through the analysis of broad patterns of change and the close scrutiny of particular spaces the contributors draw out the contours of British modernity since 1900 and demonstrate the]