03542nam 2200673 450 991078818910332120200520144314.01-78238-378-610.1515/9781782383789(CKB)2670000000594104(EBL)1644351(SSID)ssj0001420852(PQKBManifestationID)11748464(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001420852(PQKBWorkID)11408187(PQKB)11667764(Au-PeEL)EBL1644351(CaPaEBR)ebr11019555(CaONFJC)MIL726348(OCoLC)903206572(DE-B1597)637402(DE-B1597)9781782383789(MiAaPQ)EBC1644351(EXLCZ)99267000000059410420150218h20152015 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrAtlantic automobilism the emergence and persistence of the car, 1895-1940 /Gijs MomNew York ;Oxford, [England] :berghahn,2015.©20151 online resource (768 p.)Explorations in Mobility ;Volume 1Description based upon print version of record.1-78238-377-8 1-322-95066-0 Includes bibliographical references and index.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 BustChapter 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 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 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,Explorations in MobilityAutomobilesNorth AmericaHistory20th centuryAutomobile travelNorth AmericaHistory20th centuryAutomobilesSocial aspectsNorth AmericaAutomobilesHistoryAutomobile travelHistoryAutomobilesSocial aspects306.4/6NW 2560SEPArvkMom Gijs1949-1307261MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910788189103321Atlantic automobilism3687239UNINA