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Mom Gijs <1949-> |
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Atlantic automobilism : the emergence and persistence of the car, 1895-1940 / / Gijs Mom |
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New York ; ; Oxford, [England] : , : berghahn, , 2015 |
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©2015 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (768 p.) |
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Collana |
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Explorations in Mobility ; ; Volume 1 |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Automobiles - North America - History - 20th century |
Automobile travel - North America - History - 20th century |
Automobiles - Social aspects - North America |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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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 AdventuresChapter 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 |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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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 automobiles by delving deep into the motives of early car users. It provides a synthesis of our knowledge about the |
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emergence and persistence of the car, using a broad range of material including novels, poems, films, and songs to unearth the desires that shaped our present ""car society."" Combining social, |
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