LEADER 03542nam 2200673 450 001 9910817257003321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-78238-378-6 024 7 $a10.1515/9781782383789 035 $a(CKB)2670000000594104 035 $a(EBL)1644351 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001420852 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11748464 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001420852 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11408187 035 $a(PQKB)11667764 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1644351 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11019555 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL726348 035 $a(OCoLC)903206572 035 $a(DE-B1597)637402 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781782383789 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1644351 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000594104 100 $a20150218h20152015 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aAtlantic automobilism $ethe emergence and persistence of the car, 1895-1940 /$fGijs Mom 210 1$aNew York ;$aOxford, [England] :$cberghahn,$d2015. 210 4$dİ2015 215 $a1 online resource (768 p.) 225 0 $aExplorations in Mobility ;$vVolume 1 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-78238-377-8 311 $a1-322-95066-0 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aContents; 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 327 $aChapter 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 330 $a Our continued use of the combustion engine car in the 21st century, despite many rational arguments against it, makes it more and more difficult to imagine that transport has a sustainable future. Offering a sweeping transatlantic perspective, this book explains the current obsession with automobiles by delving deep into the motives of early car users. It provides a synthesis of our knowledge about the emergence and persistence of the car, using a broad range of material including novels, poems, films, and songs to unearth the desires that shaped our present ""car society."" Combining social, 410 0$aExplorations in Mobility 606 $aAutomobiles$zNorth America$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aAutomobile travel$zNorth America$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aAutomobiles$xSocial aspects$zNorth America 615 0$aAutomobiles$xHistory 615 0$aAutomobile travel$xHistory 615 0$aAutomobiles$xSocial aspects 676 $a306.4/6 686 $aNW 2560$qSEPA$2rvk 700 $aMom$b Gijs$f1949-$01307261 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910817257003321 996 $aAtlantic automobilism$93977423 997 $aUNINA