The automobile : a chronology of its antecedents, development, and impact

著者

• McShane, Clay

書誌事項

The automobile : a chronology of its antecedents, development, and impact

Clay McShane

Greenwood Press, 1997

注記

Includes index

内容説明・目次

内容説明

This comprehensive chronology of the automobile covers its engineering as well as the social, cultural, and political impact of the car from the invention of the wheel to the O.J. Simpson car chase. It examines the auto industry, the road and roadside, the car in popular culture, gasoline/fuel history, the spatial transformation of cities, air pollution, critics of car culture, traffic accidents, the globalization of car culture, and much more. This is a reference guide for students and scholars of transportation history as well as anyone who has ever asked When did Japan export the first car to the U.S.? or When and how was smog discovered? or What make of car did Chuck Berry drive?

目次

Prelude: To 1886 From Benz to Ford: 1886-1907 The Model T Era: 1908-1926 Peace and War: 1927-1945 The Age of Muscle and Smog: 1946-1964 End of the Honeymoon: 1965-1980 Revival: 1981-1995 Appendix: Car Museums in the U.S. Tables Index

「Nielsen BookData」 より

• NII書誌ID(NCID): BA35291060
• ISBN:
  • 0313303088
• LCCN: 97012771
• 出版国コード: us
• タイトル言語コード: eng
• 本文言語コード: eng
• 出版地: Westport, Conn.
• ページ数/冊数: xiv, 222 p., [33] p. of plates
• 大きさ: 24 cm
• 分類:
  • LCC : TL23
  • DC21 : 629.222/0973
• 件名:
  • LCSH : Automobiles -- United States -- History -- Chronology
  • LCSH : Automobiles -- Social aspects -- United States -- History -- Chronology