Atlantic automobilism : the emergence and persistence of the car, 1895-1940 / / Gijs Mom
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| Autore: |
Mom Gijs <1949->
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| Titolo: |
Atlantic automobilism : the emergence and persistence of the car, 1895-1940 / / Gijs Mom
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| Pubblicazione: | New York ; ; Oxford, [England] : , : berghahn, , 2015 |
| ©2015 | |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (768 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 306.4/6 |
| Soggetto topico: | Automobiles - North America - History - 20th century |
| Automobile travel - North America - History - 20th century | |
| Automobiles - Social aspects - North America | |
| Classificazione: | NW 2560 |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | 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 | |
| Sommario/riassunto: | 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, |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Atlantic automobilism |
| ISBN: | 1-78238-378-6 |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910817257003321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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Explorations in Mobility