Car Mania: A Critical History of Transport - Couverture souple

Wolf, Winfried

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0745309712 ISBN 13 : 9780745309712

Editeur : Pluto Press, 1996

Synopsis

‘(Wolf's book is) a fine piece of forward-looking scholarship ... this is a very important work.’ Philip S. Bagwell, author of The Railway Men

‘A scholarly, readable and convincing account ... Well worth a read.’ TRAIN Times

Road passenger and freight transport in Europe and North America is increasing at an alarming rate and we have arguably reached a point where the environment has been damaged beyond repair. Winfried Wolf takes an entirely fresh look at this potential crisis by examining the history of present-day transport structures and policies in the West. Covering a period of 200 years - from the canal age and the rail revolution, to the rise of the car - this is the first study to offer such a wide perspective on passenger and freight transport. Widely acclaimed on first publication in Germany, Car Mania is a completely revised and expanded edition.

Praise for the German edition of Car Mania:

'Nowhere else are there so many revealing facts and data about transport ways and means. Wolf presents a disastrous balance-sheet ... and refutes the popular fairy tale that the transport of persons and goods by road is an economically superior technology' Wolfgang Kaden in Der Spiegel

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Winfried Wolf is leading authority on transport and is the author of several books on the subject, including Berlin: City for the People (1994). He is the PDS spokesperson on transport policy in the German Bundestag.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Pluto Press
• Date d'édition: 1996
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0745309712
• ISBN 13: 9780745309712
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 256
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible