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Cars and Culture: The Life Story of a Technology
Rudi Volti
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Description for Cars and Culture: The Life Story of a Technology
Paperback. A succinct yet comprehensive history, Cars and Culture highlights the technical changes that altered the appearance and performance of automobiles, along with the myriad forces that have shaped the car's development. Num Pages: 192 pages, 21, 21 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: TRC; WGCB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 152 x 11. Weight in Grams: 328.
One of the leading artifacts of modern technology, the automobile has shaped our physical, economic, social, and cultural environment. The history of the automobile demonstrates how the decisions of governments, entrepreneurs, and the general public influence technological evolution. A succinct yet comprehensive history, Cars and Culture highlights the technical changes that altered the appearance and performance of automobiles, along with the myriad forces that have shaped the car's development.
One of the leading artifacts of modern technology, the automobile has shaped our physical, economic, social, and cultural environment. The history of the automobile demonstrates how the decisions of governments, entrepreneurs, and the general public influence technological evolution. A succinct yet comprehensive history, Cars and Culture highlights the technical changes that altered the appearance and performance of automobiles, along with the myriad forces that have shaped the car's development.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
Number of Pages
192
Place of Publication
Baltimore, MD, United States
ISBN
9780801883996
SKU
V9780801883996
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Ref
99-1
About Rudi Volti
Rudi Volti teaches sociology at Pitzer College in Claremont, California. His publications include Society and Technological Change (Worth Publishers, 2005), The Engineer in History (Peter Lang Publishing, 2001), and The Facts on File Encyclopedia of Science, Technology and Society (Facts on File, 1999).
Reviews for Cars and Culture: The Life Story of a Technology
An excellent and easily read encapsulation of major themes in automobile history.
Neal V. Hitch Michigan Historical Review 2006 Briskly paced and well written narrative.
Bruce Pietrykowski Journal of Transport History 2007
Neal V. Hitch Michigan Historical Review 2006 Briskly paced and well written narrative.
Bruce Pietrykowski Journal of Transport History 2007