The Automobile and American Life - Couverture souple

Heitmann, John A.

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0786440139 ISBN 13 : 9780786440139

Editeur : McFarland & Co Inc, 2009

Synopsis

This is the story of how the automobile changed the essence of life in America. Both a general history of the automobile and a broad-ranging analysis of its cultural effects, the text addresses such topics as cars' inception as a mechanical curiosity and later a plaything for the well-to-do; Henry Ford and the rise of the machine age; competition and the evolving consumer in the 1920s; the development of roads and the accompanying road culture; religion, gender, courtship and sex; effects of the Great Depression and World War II; the 1950s golden age of automobiles and the emergence of youth culture; and how American car culture has been represented in film, song, poetry and literature.

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A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

John Heitmann is a professor at the University of Dayton, where he teaches courses in the history of science and technology.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: McFarland & Co Inc
• Date d'édition: 2009
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0786440139
• ISBN 13: 9780786440139
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 260
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible