The bus we loved : London's affair with the Routemaster /
"Could a city grow to love anything so humble - so pedestrian, if you like - as a particular type of bus?" "It happened in London with the now near-vanished Routemaster, a bus that climbed higher in the city's affections the rarer it became. It wasn't just a bus but a symbol...
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| 语言: | English |
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London :
Granta Books,
2005.
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| 总结: | "Could a city grow to love anything so humble - so pedestrian, if you like - as a particular type of bus?" "It happened in London with the now near-vanished Routemaster, a bus that climbed higher in the city's affections the rarer it became. It wasn't just a bus but a symbol of the city: what the gondola is to Venice. Its distinctive shape drove through films and TV shows and appeared on millions of souvenirs. It was the last bus to be designed and built in London, by Londoners, for Londoners, the last bus in Britain to have conductors as well as drivers, the last bus to ring to familiar shouts that are at least a century old: fares please, full-up inside but room on top, next stop the British Museum!" "In this history, Travis Elborough tells the story of the Routemaster's invention, rise and decline, of the people who worked on it, of the enthusiasts who were mad about it."--BOOK JACKET. |
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| 实物描述: | xviii, 204 p. : ill. ; 20 cm. |
| 参考书目: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [188]-192) and index. |
| ISBN: | 1862077940 (hbk.) |