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Zusatztext
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Policing in Britain was changed fundamentally by the rapid emergence of the automobile at the beginning of the twentieth century. This book seeks to examine how the police reacted to this challenge and moved to segregate the motorist from the pedestrian in an attempt to eliminate the 'road holocaust' that ensued.
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Kurztext
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Policing in Britain was changed fundamentally by the rapid emergence of the automobile at the beginning of the twentieth century. This book seeks to examine how the police reacted to this challenge and moved to segregate the motorist from the pedestrian in an attempt to eliminate the 'road holocaust' that ensued.
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Autorenportrait
- <p>Keith Laybourn is Diamond Jubilee Professor at the University of Huddersfield, UK, and has taught history at Huddersfield for 43 years. A prolific writer of books and articles, he has published Policing in England and Wales, 1918-1939, with David Taylor, Emeritus Professor of History at the University of Huddersfield, UK, who also contributed to this book.</p>
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The Battle for the Roads of Britain
eBook - Police, Motorists and the Law, c.1890s to 1970s
ISBN/EAN: 9781137317858
Umbreit-Nr.: 3345189
Sprache:
Englisch
Umfang: 256 S., 0.98 MB
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Einband:
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Erschienen am 12.01.2016
Auflage: 1/2016
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Format: PDF
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