1938 · Modern Britain by Law, Michael John -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Cover Half-Title Title Contents List of Illustrations Acknowledgements 1 Partial history 2 Representations of modern life in 1938

Being modern – speed and size Newsreels Cigarette cards Modern wonders for boys and young men Material aimed at adults Conclusion

3 Glasgow’s Empire Exhibition

Design of the exhibition Visiting and experiencing the exhibition Conclusion

4 Big-screen televisions and push-button radios

Stages in dissemination Radio in 1938 Radio broadcasting in 1938 Television in 1938 Television sets Programmes Conclusion

5 The Adelphi Building

The original Adelphi The intrusion of the modern world The development of head offices in Britain The Adelphi Building Conclusion

6 Picture Post – The modernity of everyday life

The origins of Picture Post The look and content of Picture Post Celebrity culture in 1930s Britain Other 1930s ordinariness Ordinariness and democratization Conclusion

7 Cars, coaches and charabancs at the Prospect Inn

The growing popularity and luxury of charabancs and motor coaches Entertaining the charabanc tripper The halfway house New arterial roads and the Prospect Inn Charabancs and class separation Providing for the respectable working-class drinker Conclusion

8 Britain’s new airports

Interwar aviation and public admiration Interwar aviation and passenger travel Networks Conclusion

9 Conclusion

Class and wealth Americanization Consumption Network development Urban formation In summary

Notes Bibliography Index Copyright