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The Bus We Loved: London's Affair with the Routemaster

Categorie	Geschiedenis Europa
Boeknummer	#269276
Titel	The Bus We Loved: London's Affair with the Routemaster
Auteur	Elborough, Travis
Boektype	Gebonden hardcover met stofomslag
Uitgeverij	London, Granta Books
Jaar van uitgave	2005
ISBN10	1862077940
ISBN13	9781862077942
Taal	Engels
Samenvatting	Slowly, month by month, route by route, London is losing one of its most famous symbols: the Routemaster bus - a bus designed and made in London, by Londoners for Londoners, which is to London what the gondola is to Venice. In terms of postcards, books, films, and cheap souvenirs, and in the eyes of the world, the Routemaster represents the city just as much as Big Ben. It was the last bus to be have conductors as well as drivers, the last bus to ring familiar shouts that are at least a century old: Fares please, Full up inside but room on top, Next stop the British Museum! The last bus, in other words, to be a proper bus. In this fond history, Travis Elborough tells the story of the routemaster's invention, rise and decline, of the people who worked on it, and of the enthusiasts who wer... (Lees verder)e mad about it. The streets will never be the same again.
Pagina's	204
Conditie	Goed
Prijs	€ 10,00

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