The War Against The Automobile
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The War Against The Automobile
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Author : B. Bruce-Briggs
language : en
Publisher: Dutton Adult
Release Date : 1977
The War Against The Automobile written by B. Bruce-Briggs and has been published by Dutton Adult this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1977 with Fiction categories.
The War Against The Automobile
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Author : D. P. Moynihan
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1966
The War Against The Automobile written by D. P. Moynihan and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1966 with categories.
Arsenal Of Democracy
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Author : Charles K. Hyde
language : en
Publisher: Wayne State University Press
Release Date : 2013-10-04
Arsenal Of Democracy written by Charles K. Hyde and has been published by Wayne State University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-10-04 with History categories.
Automotive historians, World War II scholars, and American history buffs will welcome the compelling look at wartime industry in Arsenal of Democracy.
Policing The Open Road
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Author : Sarah A. Seo
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2019
Policing The Open Road written by Sarah A. Seo and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019 with History categories.
Policing the Open Road examines how the rise of the car, that symbol of American personal freedom, inadvertently led to ever more intrusive policing--with disastrous consequences for racial equality in our criminal justice system. When Americans think of freedom, they often picture the open road. Yet nowhere are we more likely to encounter the long arm of the law than in our cars. Sarah Seo reveals how the rise of the automobile transformed American freedom in radical ways, leading us to accept--and expect--pervasive police power. As Policing the Open Road makes clear, this expectation has had far-reaching political and legal consequences.--
Car Crazy
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Author : G. Wayne Miller
language : en
Publisher: Hachette UK
Release Date : 2015-11-03
Car Crazy written by G. Wayne Miller and has been published by Hachette UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-11-03 with Transportation categories.
Before the "Big Three," even before the Model T, the race for dominance in the American car market was fierce, fast, and sometimes farcical. Car Crazy takes readers back to the passionate and reckless years of the early automobile era, from 1893, when the first US-built auto was introduced, through 1908, when General Motors was founded and Ford's Model T went on the market. The motorcar was new, paved roads few, and devotees of this exciting and unregulated technology battled with citizens who considered the car a dangerous scourge, wrought by the wealthy, that was shattering a more peaceful way of life. Among the pioneering competitors were Ransom E. Olds, founder of Olds Motor Works and creator of a new company called REO; Olds' cutthroat new CEO Frederic L. Smith; William C. "Billy" Durant of Buick Motor Company (and soon General Motors); and inventor Henry Ford. They shared a passion for innovation, both mechanical and entrepreneurial, but their maniacal pursuit of market share would also involve legal manipulation, vicious smear campaigns, and zany publicity stunts -- including a wild transcontinental car race that transfixed the public. Their war on wheels ultimately culminated in a courtroom battle that would shape the American car industry forever. Based on extensive original research, Car Crazy is a page-turning story of popular culture, business, and sport at the dawn of the twentieth century, filled with compelling, larger-than-life characters, each an American original.
Vehicles Of The Civil War
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Author : Pete Delmar
language : en
Publisher: Capstone
Release Date : 2013-07
Vehicles Of The Civil War written by Pete Delmar and has been published by Capstone this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-07 with Juvenile Nonfiction categories.
During the U.S. Civil War, advances in technology allowed soldiers to begin using new vehicles on and off the battlefield. Read all about military wagons, trains, ironclad ships, submarines, and other important vehicles used in the Civil War. War Vehicles, From the rumble of tanks to the roar of planes and the constant throbbing of ship engines, the sounds of military vehicles have filled battlefields around the world. With historical photos and incredible facts, War Vehicles gives you a tour of the amazing machinery used by military forces for more than 150 years. Book jacket.
Crash Course
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Author : Woodrow Phoenix
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2020-08-04
Crash Course written by Woodrow Phoenix and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-08-04 with Comics & Graphic Novels categories.
A work of graphic nonfiction exploring the powerful, often toxic relationship between people and cars. Using the comic book format, this book vehemently dispels the notion that traffic accidents are inevitable and/or acceptable on any level, insisting that drivers own their responsibility, and consider the consequences of careless and dangerous behavior. It also addresses such timely issues as the use of cars as weapons of mass murder in places like Charlottesville, VA.
There Are No Accidents
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Author : Jessie Singer
language : en
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Release Date : 2023-02-28
There Are No Accidents written by Jessie Singer and has been published by Simon and Schuster this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-02-28 with Medical categories.
A journalist recounts the surprising history of accidents and reveals how they’ve come to define all that’s wrong with America. We hear it all the time: “Sorry, it was just an accident.” And we’ve been deeply conditioned to just accept that explanation and move on. But as Jessie Singer argues convincingly: There are no such things as accidents. The vast majority of mishaps are not random but predictable and preventable. Singer uncovers just how the term “accident” itself protects those in power and leaves the most vulnerable in harm’s way, preventing investigations, pushing off debts, blaming the victims, diluting anger, and even sparking empathy for the perpetrators. As the rate of accidental death skyrockets in America, the poor and people of color end up bearing the brunt of the violence and blame, while the powerful use the excuse of the “accident” to avoid consequences for their actions. Born of the death of her best friend, and the killer who insisted it was an accident, this book is a moving investigation of the sort of tragedies that are all too common, and all too commonly ignored. In this revelatory book, Singer tracks accidental death in America from turn of the century factories and coal mines to today’s urban highways, rural hospitals, and Superfund sites. Drawing connections between traffic accidents, accidental opioid overdoses, and accidental oil spills, Singer proves that what we call accidents are hardly random. Rather, who lives and dies by an accident in America is defined by money and power. She also presents a variety of actions we can take as individuals and as a society to stem the tide of “accidents”—saving lives and holding the guilty to account.
For Love Of The Automobile
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Author : Wolfgang Sachs
language : en
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Release Date : 2023-12-22
For Love Of The Automobile written by Wolfgang Sachs and has been published by Univ of California Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-12-22 with History categories.
In his cultural analysis of the motor car in Germany, Wolfgang Sachs starts from the assumption that the automobile is more than a means of transportation and that its history cannot be understood merely as a triumphant march of technological innovation. Instead, Sachs examines the history of the automobile from the late 1880s until today for evidence on the nature of dreams and desires embedded in modern culture. Written in a lively style and illustrated by a wealth of cartoons, advertisements, newspaper stories, and propaganda, this book explores the nature of Germany's love affair with the automobile. A "history of our desires" for speed, wealth, violence, glamour, progress, and power—as refracted through images of the automobile—it is at once fascinating and provocative. Sachs recounts the development of the automobile industry and the impact on German society of the marketing and promotion of the motor car. As cars became more affordable and more common after World War II, advertisers fanned the competition for status, refining their techniques as ownership became ever more widespread. Sachs concludes by demonstrating that the triumphal procession of private motorization has in fact become an intrusion. The grand dreams once attached to the automobile have aged. Sachs appeals for the cultivation of new dreams born of the futility of the old ones, dreams of "a society liberated from progress," in which location, distance, and speed are reconceived in more appropriately humane dimensions.
Car Wars Fifty Years Of Backstabbing Infighting And Industrial Espionage In The Global Market
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Author : Mantle Jonathan
language : en
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Release Date : 2012-01-05
Car Wars Fifty Years Of Backstabbing Infighting And Industrial Espionage In The Global Market written by Mantle Jonathan and has been published by Simon and Schuster this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-01-05 with Business & Economics categories.
An "astonishing...eye-opening chronicle" (Publisher's Weekly) of backstabbing, infighting, and industrial theft and espionage in the world's biggest business. It makes empires; it destroys economies; it shapes history. Welcome to the world's biggest business--the automobile industry. A hundred years ago there were six highly experimental cars. Today there are close to 400 million cars on the planet: set bumper to bumper on a six-lane highway, they would stretch well over 200,000 miles, more than eight times around the earth. With hundreds of billions of dollars at stake, is it any wonder that the major car companies wage a relentless war against one another, where (almost) anything goes? Here is the story of all the schemes and deceits, treacheries and shady deals in the battle for the world's car markets since the dawn of the global economy fifty years ago. The first true biography of the automobile, Car Wars gives us the automotive history as seen through the windshield of the car--with stories so spectacular they are often hard to believe. From Gianni Agnelli's deal to make Fiats in the USSR at the height of the cold war and Jose Ignacio Lopez's defection from GM to VW, through Pehr Gyllenhammar's foiled attempt to merge Volvo and Renault, and on to Nicolas Hayek's deal with Mercedes-Benz to build the Swatchcar in 1997, Car Wars is a roller coaster ride down the freeways and the back roads of the world's premier business, and an eye-opening history of the world's best-known and most-loved cars.