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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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The Automobile and American Life, John Alfred Heitmann
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- Année de publication
- 2009
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- Titre
- The Automobile and American Life
- Langue
- Anglais
- Auteurs
- John Alfred Heitmann
- Éditeur
- McFarland
- Publié
- 2009
- Format
- souple
- Pages
- 260
- ISBN10
- 0786440139
- ISBN13
- 9780786440139
- Séries
- Mots clés
- Nonfiction, Sciences sociales, Thème historique, Commerce, Affaires & Gestion, Technologie & Ingénierie, Voitures & Transports, Économie, États-Unis, Automobile, Médias et communication médiatique, Pop culture, Aspects sociaux
- Évaluation
- 3,45 sur 5
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- 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.