The Car
The Rise and Fall of the Machine That Made the Modern World
Waterville, ME : Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company, 2023.
Format: Large Print
Edition: Large print edition.
Description: 553 pages (large print) : illustrations ; 23 cm.
"More than any other technology, cars have transformed American popular culture. Cars have created vast wealth as well as novel dreams of freedom and mobility. They have transformed our sense of distance and made the world infinitely more available. They have inspired cinema, music and literature; they have, by their need for roads, bridges, filling stations, huge factories and global supply chains, re-engineered the world. Bryan Appleyard's brilliantly insightful book tells the story of the rise and fall of the incredible machine that made the modern world what it is today" -- Back cover.
Series: Thorndike Press large print nonfiction series.
Contents:
Introduction: The last space of freedom -- Part one: Makers -- 1. The fire inside -- 2. Mechanically uncanny -- 3. The pyramids of the Third Reich -- 4. Desire -- 5. The East Wind prevails over the West Wind -- Part two: Breakers -- 6. The hither edge of free land -- 7. More than just cars -- 8. The displaced heart -- 9. Backlash -- 10. Electrified autonomy -- Epilogue.
ISBN:
9798885787437
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 537-545) and filmography (pages 547-548).