Driving Spaces

Peter Merriman traces the social and cultural histories and
geographies of driving spaces through an examination of the design,
construction and use of England's M1 motorway in the 1950s
and 1960s.

* * A first-of-its-kind academic study examining the production and
consumption of the landscapes and spaces of a British
motorway

* An interdisciplinary approach, engaging with theoretical and
empirical work from sociology, history, cultural studies,
anthropology and geography

* Contains 38 high quality illustrations

* Based on extensive, original archive work