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- 260pagine
- 10 ore di lettura
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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
- Lingua
- Pubblicato
- 2009
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- Titolo
- The Automobile and American Life
- Lingua
- Inglese
- Autori
- John Alfred Heitmann
- Editore
- McFarland
- Pubblicato
- 2009
- Formato
- In brossura
- Pagine
- 260
- ISBN10
- 0786440139
- ISBN13
- 9780786440139
- Serie
- Tag
- Saggistica, Scienze sociali, Tema stórico, Commercio, Business & Management, Tecnologia & Ingegneria, Auto & Trasporti, Economia, USA, Automotive, Media e comunicazione mediatica, Cultura popolare, Aspetti sociali
- Valutazione
- 3,45 su 5
- Descrizione
- 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.