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Atlantic automobilism : the emergence and persistence of the car, 1895-1940 /

Our continued use of the combustion engine car in the 21st century, despite many rational arguments against it, makes it more and more difficult to imagine that transport has a sustainable future. Offering a sweeping transatlantic perspective, this book explains the current obsession with automobile...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Mom, Gijs, 1949- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Berghahn Books, 2014.
Colección:Explorations in mobility ; 1
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Intro
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • Introduction
  • Explaining the Car: Prolegomena for a History of North-Atlantic Automobilism
  • Part I
  • Emergence (1895-1918)
  • Chapter 1
  • Racing, Touring, Tinkering: Constructing the Adventure Machine (1895-1914/1917)
  • Chapter 2
  • How it Feels to be Run Over: The Grammar of Early Automobile Adventure
  • Chapter 3
  • Driving on Aggression: The First World War and the Systems Approach to the Car
  • Part II
  • Persistence (1918-1940)
  • Chapter 4
  • "Why Apologize for Pleasure?" Consuming the Car in Boom and Bust
  • Chapter 5
  • Translation and Transition: Readjusting the Technology and Culture of Middle-Class Family Adventures
  • Chapter 6
  • Redefining Adventure: Domesticated Violence and the Coldness of Distance
  • Chapter 7
  • Swarms Into Flows: The Contested Emergence of the Automobile System
  • Conclusion
  • Transcendence and the Automotive Production of Mobility
  • Bibliography
  • Index.