Hell on wheels : the promise and peril of America's car culture, 1900-1940 / David Blanke.
Hell on wheels : the promise and peril of America's car culture, 1900-1940 / David Blanke.
Hell on wheels : the promise and peril of America's car culture, 1900-1940 / David Blanke.
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[Lawrence, Kan.] : University Press of Kansas, c2007.
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N303.4832/ 11
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English
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x, 266 p. : ill., map, facsims. ; 24 cm.
Contents
The car and American life, 1900-1940 -- Auto use and auto accidents, 1900-1940 -- The dysfunctional love affair -- Avoidable accidents and the challenge of automotive citizenship -- Perfection and perfectibility in auto safety reform -- The mirrored glasses : enforcement and the inevitable auto acci...
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[Lawrence, Kan.] : University Press of Kansas, c2007.
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Kansas
Date Published
c2007.
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"In this examination of America's changing cultural perceptions of the car, David Blanke demonstrates that the automobile pulled society in two contradictory emotional directions: exhilaration in personal mobility versus anxiety over public safety. By investigating who owned cars, how they drove, and what kinds of accidents occurred, he analyzes th...
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Hell on wheels : the promise and peril of America's car culture, 1900-1940 / David Blanke.
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CultureAmerica.
Includes index.
Bibliography: p. 245-255.
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c2007.
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N303.4832/ 11
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74VKRRjOXy2Z
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9780700615155 (hbk.)
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303.4832097309041
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991023117789702626
