Adapting to the emergence of the automobile: a case study of Manchester coachbuilder Joseph Cockshoot and Co. 1896–1939
Today motor vehicles are ubiquitous. Yet at the end of the nineteenth century motoring was a new pastime, and there were only a few hundred motorised vehicles on the road. Many believed motoring to be a fad and motorists faced opposition on many fronts, from local corporations, the police and rural...
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Language: | English |
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Science Museum, London
2017-11-01
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Online Access: | http://journal.sciencemuseum.org.uk/browse/issue-08/adapting-to-the-emergence/ |