The Automobile

A Chronology of Its Antecedents, Development and Impact
1. Auflage 1997
ISBN: 978-1-57958-021-6
Verlag: Taylor & Francis

Buch, Englisch, 238 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 589 g

This comprehensive chronology of the automobile covers its engineering as well as the social, cultural and political impact of the car from the invention of the wheel to the O.J. Simpson car chase. It examines the auto industry, the road and roadside, the car in popular culture, fuel history, the spatial transformation of cities, air pollution, critics of car culture, traffic accidents, the globalization of car culture, and much more. This is a reference guide for students and scholars of transportation history and for anyone with an interest in the development of automobiles.

Clay McShane is Professor of History at Northeastern University and a noted authority on transportation history. Among his earlier publications is Down the Asphalt Path: American Cities and the Automobile.

Zielgruppe

AS/A2, General, and Undergraduate

Autoren/Hrsg.

McShane, Clay

Fachgebiete

• Technische Wissenschaften Verkehrstechnik | Transportgewerbe Fahrzeugtechnik
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaft und Gesellschaft | Kulturwissenschaften Kulturwissenschaften
• Technische Wissenschaften Technik Allgemein Technikgeschichte
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftssektoren & Branchen Transport- und Verkehrswirtschaft

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Tables, Preface, Acknowledgments, Prelude to 1885, From Benz to Ford: 1886-1907, The Model T Era: 1908-1926, Peace and War: 1927-1945, The Age of Muscle and Smog: 1946-1964, End of the Honeymoon: 1965-1980, Revival: 1981-1994, Appendix A: Tables, Appendix B: North American Car Museums, Index

Über Autor(innen)

McShane\, Clay