Automobility and the City in Twentieth-Century Britain and Japan

Simon Gunn is Professor of Urban History at the University of Leicester, UK. He is the co-editor of the journal Urban History and has published articles on automobility in Twentieth Century British History (2011), Social History (2013), and Historical Journal (2017).Susan C. Townsend is Associate Professor of Japanese History at the University of Nottingham, UK. She is the Principle Investigator on the Leverhulme Project Motor Cities and the author of Miki Kiyoshi 1897-1945: Japan's Itinerant Philosopher (2009).

• List of FiguresList of Tables and GraphsPreface Note on Text and TranslationIntroduction: Automobility and the City Between East and West1. Planning the Automotive City, c. 1920-19602. Civic Engineering: Roads Construction and the Urban Environment3. Automobility and Urban Form4. Driving the Motor City: The Experience of Automobility5. Pollution and Protest6. Kuruma Banare: Turning Away from the Car?ConclusionBibliographyIndex

Automobility and the City is an unusual and rewarding work of comparative history,