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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
- Język
- Rok wydania
- 2009
- Oprawa
- (miękka)
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- Tytuł
- The Automobile and American Life
- Język
- angielski
- Autorzy
- John Alfred Heitmann
- Wydawca
- McFarland
- Rok wydania
- 2009
- Oprawa
- miękka
- Liczba stron
- 260
- ISBN10
- 0786440139
- ISBN13
- 9780786440139
- Seria
- Kategorie
- Tagi
- Tematy historyczne, Biznes, USA, Motoryzacja, Media & Komunikacja medialna, Kultura popularna, Aspekty społeczne
- Ocena
- 3,45 z 5
- Opis
- 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.