Motor Coaches and Charabancs
Seiten
2020
Shire Publications (Verlag)
978-1-78442-412-1 (ISBN)
Shire Publications (Verlag)
978-1-78442-412-1 (ISBN)
The coach – distinguished from the bus by its use for longer-haul and more comfortable trips – has a long and august history. Its origins lie in the charabanc, a long open-topped vehicle used to transport passengers on works outings and pleasure excursions. Over time, coaches came to be enclosed and fitted with more comfortable seating and higher-quality bodywork than the charabancs and the buses used on shorter routes. By the 1960s and 1970s on-board toilets began to be fitted, and despite a decline due to private car ownership, coach travel remains popular, with Wi-Fi, electric sockets and even video screens now built in. This colourful introduction explains the development of motor coach design and the main coach manufacturers, models and operators, offering a fascinating insight into the history of the nation’s most popular vehicles.
James Taylor has been researching and writing about motoring history for more than thirty years and is a respected author on many different automotive subjects. He has written more than one hundred books, including Land Rover and Family Cars of the 1970s for Shire.
From Charabanc to Express Coach
Luxury Travel: the 1930s
Wartime and Austerity: The 1940s and 1950s
Winds of Change: The 1960s and 1970s
Modern Times
Further Reading
Places to Visit
Index
Erscheinungsdatum | 01.05.2020 |
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Reihe/Serie | Shire Library |
Zusatzinfo | Fully illustrated throughout |
Verlagsort | London |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 149 x 210 mm |
Gewicht | 154 g |
Themenwelt | Natur / Technik ► Fahrzeuge / Flugzeuge / Schiffe ► Auto / Motorrad |
Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Kulturgeschichte | |
Technik ► Fahrzeugbau / Schiffbau | |
ISBN-10 | 1-78442-412-9 / 1784424129 |
ISBN-13 | 978-1-78442-412-1 / 9781784424121 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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