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Description:Our continued use of the combustion engine car in the 21st century, despite many rational arguments against it, makes it more and more difficult to imagine that transport has a sustainable future. Offering a sweeping transatlantic perspective, this book explains the current obsession with automobiles by delving deep into the motives of early car users. It provides a synthesis of our knowledge about the emergence and persistence of the car, using a broad range of material including novels, poems, films, and songs to unearth the desires that shaped our present -car society.- Combining social, psychological, and structural explanations, the author concludes that the ability of cars to convey transcendental experience, especially for men, explains our attachment to the vehicle.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Atlantic Automobilism: Emergence and Persistence of the Car, 1895-1940 (Explorations in Mobility, 1). To get started finding Atlantic Automobilism: Emergence and Persistence of the Car, 1895-1940 (Explorations in Mobility, 1), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: Our continued use of the combustion engine car in the 21st century, despite many rational arguments against it, makes it more and more difficult to imagine that transport has a sustainable future. Offering a sweeping transatlantic perspective, this book explains the current obsession with automobiles by delving deep into the motives of early car users. It provides a synthesis of our knowledge about the emergence and persistence of the car, using a broad range of material including novels, poems, films, and songs to unearth the desires that shaped our present -car society.- Combining social, psychological, and structural explanations, the author concludes that the ability of cars to convey transcendental experience, especially for men, explains our attachment to the vehicle.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Atlantic Automobilism: Emergence and Persistence of the Car, 1895-1940 (Explorations in Mobility, 1). To get started finding Atlantic Automobilism: Emergence and Persistence of the Car, 1895-1940 (Explorations in Mobility, 1), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Atlantic Automobilism: Emergence and Persistence of the Car, 1895-1940 (Explorations in Mobility, 1)

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