On Roads

Joe Moran

RRP: £14.99

Publisher: PROFILE BOOKS

Publication Date : 11/06/2009

Hardback

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Guardian Bookshop Notes:

Despite the fact that we use roads everyday, very few people know anything about them, or even think about them, unless they're unfortunate enough to get caught up in roadworks or diversions. Moran blends travel writing, anthropology, history and social observation to explain how the maze-like pattern of roundabouts, flyovers and spaghetti junctions came to be.

Publisher's description:

Explores how Britain's roads have their roots in unexpected places. This book celebrates the often overlooked people whose work we take for granted, Jock Kinneir and Margaret Calvert, the designers of the road sign system, and Charles Forte, the entrepreneur behind the service station.

ISBN: 9781846680526